ZHIRAYR SEFILIAN STATES HIS ALLIES WILL TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES TO AVERT VOTE RIGGING

AZG Armenian Daily #131, 14/07/2006

Zhirayr Sefilian, Head of the public organization "For Protection of
Liberated Territories, said that a group of former civil guardsmen
tries to revive the atmosphere of public enthusiasm of 1988-1990. he
said this at July 12 at a press conference. "We have already agreed
about certain steps which will allow us take real and drastic measures
to avert vote rigging at the coming parliamentary and presidential
elections," he said. Armenia needs the power shift to avert launching
of a new military conflict with Azerbaijan, he said. Sefilian stated
his allies, namely former defense minister of NKR Samvel Babayan,
the founder of the party "Bloc" in Armenia, will support him in his
initiatives. As for the current NKR Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian,
Sefilian said he displayed himself as a real son of the Armenian
people during Karabakh war, while recently Seyran Ohanian is much more
dependent on the will of the president and defense minister of Armenia.

By Tamar Minasian