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18:22 05/05/2007

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL AND SKSELA YOUTH MOVEMENT ORGANIZE ELECTION
FAIR IN KOMITAS PARK

Today, Transparency International and Sksela youth movement organized
a so called `election fair’ dedicated to corruption and upcoming
elections in Komitas park today. The fair aimed to unveil vicious
incidents, which we encounter in the course of election processes,
through humerous posters.

`We are buying votes!’
`Law on corruption effective throughout Armenia’ `Despite of reported
violations, we assess elections 2007 in Armenia as 5 cm progress
towards democracy’ `Public TV announces May 11 as day of equal
opportunities for all political parties’ (Election campaign is banned
on that day). These were some of the posters posted throughout the
park.
Avetik Ishkhanyan, leader of Armenian Helsinki committee, Ashot
Melikyan and Mesrop Harutunyan, Yerevan press club experts, Shavarsh
Kocharyan, Armenian Democratic Party (AJK), were present at the event.

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