ACCORDING TO AGHASI ARSHAKIAN, WEST USES DOUBLE STANDARDS
Noyan Tapan
Mar 27 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Double standards are used by western
media and politicians in the issue of the elections held in Armenia
and Belarus.
Aghasi Arshakian, a member of the “Azgayin Miabanutiun” (National
Unity) faction stated about this at the March 24 parliamentary
briefing. Participating in the presidential elections of Belarus as an
observer, Arshakian congratulated citizens of Belarus in the interview
given to media of that country on the occasion of holding free and
just elections. The Deputy mentioned that when the authorities used
violence against the participants of the rally of many thousands
in Yerevan, nobody protested against it. But when in Minsk where
“no blood came from anybody’s nose and just 20-30 people were taken
their arms and taken away, it raised world yell.” According to Aghasi
Arshakian, “such total fillings as there were in Armenia, weren’t
in Belarus.” The deputy who visited more than 15 polling stations,
according to himself, saw no violation. Just the opposite, unlike the
Armenian elections, the voters stand in a queue and congratulate each
other on the occasion of the President’s being elected.