MANUK GASPARIAN ESTIMATES STATE EXISTING DURING PRE-ELECTORAL PERIOD IN GENERAL POSITIVE

Noyan Tapan
Apr 26 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Manuk Gasparian, the Chairman of the
Zhighovrdavarakan Ughi (Democratic Path) party estimates the state
existing during the pre-electoral period in general positive. Stating
about it on April 26, at the Pastark club, he also mentioned that he is
pleased with the Central Electoral Commission, Police, media employees,
with some preservations with the propaganda mission process as well,
where there is almost no "black" propaganda yet.

M. Gasparian mentioned that he "is not engaged in deception,"
has some authority among the people owing to his deeds and will
enter the parliament in an honest way. According to his foresight,
all the ruling forces will in general get utmost 43-45% of votes of
electors, and the utmost expectation of the party headed by him is 15%
of votes. In his words, in the case of getting 7% of votes he will
consider that the Democratic Path party "worked badly."

M. Gasparian at the same time expressed displeasure with not skilled
actions of the national security service employees observing the
Democratic Path party propaganda mission "as if secretly" but obviously
evidently. But, M. Gasparian’s main displeasure was connected with
actions of Ashot Tonoyan, the Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia)
party candidate at electoral district No3. He characterized the latter
as a person far from the policy who "decided to directly move from
construction to parliament chair." A. Tonoyan, in the Democratic Path
leader’s words, is obviously engaged in bribing what was also fixed by
the observers and proved in written form by a number of electors. In
M. Gasparian’s words, the mentioned candidate, to all appearances,
functions "wilfully" and the Bargavach Hayastan and its Chairman
Gagik Tsarukian are not aware of all those. His attempts of the recent
10 days to drow together with G. Tsarukian failed, and M. Gasparian
expressed a hope that after his this statement’s being published in
press, the Bargavach Hayastan party will respond. Otherwise he will
have to officially address to the Central Electoral commission with
the issue of reviewing A. Tonoyan’s registration.