NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION UNION CALLS FOR NOT TAKING PART IN ELECTIONS

Noyan Tapan
Apr 27 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, NOYAN TAPAN. "We call all honest citizens striving
for fair, democratic and legal Armenia for not taking part in this
falsification called "elections" or going to polling stations on
May 12, marking "against all" on ballot-papers. Paruyr Hayrikian,
Chairman of National Sel0f-Determination Union, made such an appeal
addressed to his co-thinkers on April 27. In his words, May 12 could
become a decisive stage, a new September 1 for the Armenian people, if
the whole nation united and took a step towards legal democracy. "And
as this does not happen, we should use the current oportunity with
maximum efficiency," the National Self-Determination leader said.

In P. Hayrikian’s words, they have decided "not to yield themselves to
this game." "All of us know that there will be no elections, especially
as the opposition parties yielded to temptation: one dreams fo become
an MP, another to get over 5% barrier," he said.