ARTUR BAGHDASARIAN NOT DISCONTENT WITH COVERAGE OF PROCESS OF AGITATION CAMPAIGN

Noyan Tapan
Apr 13 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Artur Baghdasarian, Chairman of Orinats
Yerkir (Country of Law) Party, does not agree with the forces who in
consideration of already committed violations consider the elections
as falsified. "How can you consider the elections as falsified if
they have not been held yet?"

OYP Chairman stated at the April 13 press conference. In
A. Baghdasarian’s words, some violations have been indeed committed,
and they have informed the Central Electoral Commission about them
and informed the Police about the shortcomings found in electoral
rolls expecting that they will be corrected in the established term.

A. Baghdasarian said that OYP is not discontent with coverage of the
process of agitation campaign. "If we are not satisfied with little,
we will not be satisfied with much, too. We should not forget that
no one covered our activity a year ago," OYP Chairman emphasized.

A. Baghdasarian stated that he is against revolutions. "I am for
changes made not through revolution but through evolution. But if they
hamper the evolution, naturally, a necessity of revolution emerges,"
he said.

Answering the question whether he expects any serious change after
Serge Sargsian’s appointment to Prime Minister’s post, A. Baghdasarian
said: "S. Sargsian has always had his considerable role in the
government’s activity and to expect any serious change is senseless,
as when his being the Defence Minister he also de facto played a
bigger role than the Defence Minister’s post presumes."

Author: Hakobian Hasmik Editor: Eghian Robert