VAHAN HOVHANNISIAN AND ARSHAK SADOYAN ARE INDIGNANT WITH GATHERING OF CITIZENS’ PERSONAL DATA

Noyan Tapan
Mar 21 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Though the official propaganda of
the parliamentary elections did not start yet, but it does not mean
that no electoral violations can be before it. NA Deputy Speaker,
ARF Bureau member Vahan Hovhannisian made such a statement at the
National Assembly on March 20. In his words, phenomena causing
anxiety are already noticed today: particularly, some organizations
and separate individuals from public organizations, who presenting
themselves as representatives of the state machinery, gather data
base about citizens.

V. Hovhannisian mentioned that gathering passports of citizens,
those people violate the law. He stated that nobody has a right to
demand their passports, irrespective of the fact what structure he
represents. The NA Deputy Speaker called on the citizens not to give
personal data to anybody and "vote freely."

Welcoming his colleague’s statement, Chairman of National Democrates’
Alliance Arshak Sadoyan mentioned that representatives of different
compatriotic unions visit citizens and "gather passports in the most
obscene way." In his words, the "Zhoghovrdakan Ughi" (Democratic Path)
party in the proportional list of which he was nominated, can also
call on 280 thousand of people from Aparan by origin to vote for them,
but "it is not a manner." (To recap, "Zhoghovrdakan Ughi" Chairman
Manuk Gasparian and Aghasi Arshakian involved in the party list are
from Aparan by origin). A.Sadoyan considered inadmissible attempts
to divide citizens of Armenia according to their territorial belonging.

The NDA Chairman mentioned that though the opposition was not able
to unite but it must make an attempt to jointly cotrol the process
of elections. In his words, the control process must be given an
organization shape, by founding united control structures in all the
2000 electoral districts.
From: Baghdasarian