ELECTIONS ARE FALSIFIED IN REGION OF TSALKA TO DETRIMENT OF ARMENIANS

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Oct 5 2006

AKHALKALAK, OCTOBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The real number
of voters of the region of Tsalka and the national staff was falsified
by the list presented by the Tsalka regional electoral commission,
the A-Info agency states.

In words of Hayk Meltonian, a deputy of the Georgian Parliament,
the number of voters artificially increased, reaching from 13.638 to
20.961. Hayk Meltonian mentions the number 13.638 according to the
number of voters involved in the lists of the parliamentary elections
held in March, 2004.

Names of Greeks migrated from Javakhk to Greece still 10-15 years ago,
at present already considered citizens of Greece or even died ones are
mainly involved in the list today. If the number of Armenian voters
of the region was 7488 in 2004, that number was now decreased to
6100. According to A-Info, this "substitution may greatly influence"
especially on results of the elections being held by the proportional
electoral system.