SINGLE CANDIDATES REGISTERED IN SOME PRECINCTS
Panorama.am
17:24 08/05/2007
It’s Your Choice NGO has published a report on observation mission
saying the elections in 7 precincts, with only one single candidates
registered, are predetermined. In these precincts, the single
registered candidates will win. Elections with no alternative will be
held in 7, 8, 13, 20, 27, 28, 32 precincts. The registered candidates
are Samvel Alexanyan, Hakob Hakobyan, Armen Purtoyan, Hrant Grigoryan,
Melik Manukyan, Gagik Tsarukyan, Surik Poghosyan respectively.
It’s Your Choice says "elections with no competition and with
absence of alternative are against the principles of democracy." The
organization says "candidates with no rivals are mainly big businessmen
who have excluded unwanted competition from the outset applying their
influence and massive resources."