ARF Dashnaktsutyun has made no decision yet

07-03-2007 17:14:51
KarabakhOpen

It is early to discuss the presidential election appointed this July,
said Jirair Shahinjanyan, the secretary of Artsakh Central Committee
of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun. `We will run in the election but we have
not decided how, whether we will name a candidate or will support
another candidate. The conference of the party will make a decision
later this month,’ Jirair Shahinjanyan said. `For us it is more
important to work out a development policy for the republic for the
upcoming five years. And we will support a candidate who will be
committed to this policy.’

Jirair Shahinjanyan said there are no absolutely free and fair
elections. ` But we must pursue this goal. The role of a political
party is to guarantee a free election. It is not true to say that
Karabakh is a country of dictatorship. On the other hand, we cannot
consider our country as democratic. If we pursue international
recognition, we must admit that we will be recognized only if we build
a country based on democratic principles,’ said the secretary of the
Central Committee of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun. He also emphasized that
the ARF Dashnaktsutyun has always made efforts to contribute to a free
election through its proxies and observers.

`As a rule, there are no irregularities during the voting day. The
principle of equal opportunities is broken during the election
campaign. We must acknowledge that free elections are a chance for us
to become established in the international community. We must take
this chance,’ said Jirair Shahinjanyan.