ARSHAK SADOYAN DOES NOT LOSE HOPE OF RECEIVING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE US FOR CONDUCTING PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Noyan Tapan
Mar 07 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN. In response to the letter of the
"Union of National Democrats" (UND) Party, the US embassy in
Armenia replied that it cannot provide financial assistance for
using TV time. According to the embassy, this idea has no relation
to "our long-term programs on election assistance and democracy
development." Whereas, as the UND chairman, NA deputy Arshak Sadoyan
stated at the March 7 press conference, a number of embassies
and international organizations expressed their willingness to
provide financial assistance for holding free and fair elections in
Armenia. "We are not satisfied with the answer of the US embassy. In
this connection a question arises: Will the US provide the promised
6.5 mln dollars only to the authorities, thanks to which elections
are falsified each time?" A. Sadoyan said. He said that the UND will
again apply to the embassies of the US, Germany, Italy, Great Britain
and France, the Yerevan Offices of the UN and OSCE and the US Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice. In the words of A. Sadoyan, if C. Rice does
answer their letter this time too, he will apply through famous mass
media outlets to US tax payers, informing them that their country’s
officials "make promises which they do not fulfil."