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CONFESSION OR ABSOLUTION WITH A DELAY OF THREE YEARS

[06:54 pm] 14 April, 2006

Today, three years after the 2003 Presidential
elections, Spartak Eghiazaryan, head of the Aragatsotn
region Oshakan village Local Electoral Committee
N0430, made a startling revelation. He had turned to
secretary of the National Unity faction Alexan
Karapetyan who had brought him to the NA.

He confessed that three elections in a row he did what
he was told by the authorities and fabricated the
results of the elections. In particular, during the
Presidential election they declared that 60% of the
votes were for Kocharyan, whereas in fact Kocharyan
had gathered only 12% of the votes. He was only in the
third place after Demirchyan and Geghamyan. Ad during
the Constitutional referendum, according to Spartak
Eghiazaryan, only 60 people has voted, with 30 votes
for the draft, 22 against, and 8 invalid ballots. But
they represented 1649 ballots.

Spartak Eghiazaryan confessed that he accepts his
fault and is ready to take punishment, but he also
said that he did what he did for fear, `I have two
children who are students. I feared fro them,’
Eghiazaryan confessed and informed that he has
informed all the possible instances about his crime:
the Prosecutor, the President and the Defense
Minister.

`But what can the Prosecutor do? If he devotes his
time to this kind of thinks, who will organize the
tree planting?’ said Viktor Dallakyan, secretary of
the Justice faction.

Levon Lazarian, head of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation faction, noted that the NA is not a church
where he can be given absolution; there are
corresponding structures for it which must investigate
the case, and the court must take into account the
sincere confession and give a mild punishment.

By the way, Spartak Eghiazaryan promised the
journalists to tell more interesting things. Asked a
question if he is not afraid now, he answered, `You
can’t live with fear in your heart all your life.’