ECHMIADZIN DEPRIVED OF ELECTRICITY
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| 14:48:42 | 12-10-2005 | Politics |
October 16 in Echmiadzin the elections of mayor will be held. The
pre-election heated campaign promises to have a noisy outcome on
the election day. The main candidates are the ex-mayor of Echmiadzin
Yervand Aghvanyan, deputy Defense Minister General Manvel Grigoryan,
and Gagik Avagyan who is supported by the NA deputy Hakob Hakobyan.
Besides electoral bribery, promises and terror, actions against
campaign are also practiced in Echmiadzin. For example, when TV
channels broadcast programs about the opponents of Gagik Avagyan the
whole Echmiadzin is deprived of electricity as the above mentioned
candidate is in friendly terms with the officials of the Echmiadzin
electricity network.
The same took place yesterday when Yervand Aghvanyan was guest of
a program on Shant TV. A woman called and informed that Echmiadzin
is deprived of electricity, and the three candidates for the post of
the mayor have decided to exclude their candidacy in order to support
Yervand Aghvanyan.
The Echmiadzin Local Electoral Committee neither affirmed nor rejected
the information. They only informed that the Committee has not received
a written announcement.