ARTHUR BAGHDASARYAN WILL BE THE FIRST TO PROTEST IN CASE THE ELECTION RESULTS ARE FALSIFIED

ArmRadio.am
10.05.2007 16:37

Chairman of the Orinats Yerkir Party (OYP) Artur Baghdasaryan stated
in Yerevan today that in case of falsification of the results of
the parliamentary elections, he will stand in the first lines of
the protesters.

"On the whole, we are concerned by the pre-election campaign, as we
were deprived of equal access to the TV air time and the opportunity
to place outside advertisements," Baghdasaryan stated, speaking at
a news conference in Yerevan today.

The leader of OYP stated that "the TV broadcasting time was filled up
by the reports on the pre-election meetings of the Republican Party
of Armenia, the "Prosperous Armenia" and "Dashnaktsutiun" parties."

Artur Baghdasaryan stated that dirty technologies were used against the
" Orinats Yerkir" Party, whereas the party itself "was exceptionally
engaged in presenting its platform and did not strive to slender
anyone and earn dividends this way."

Leader of OYP stated that the "bribes to electors in Armenia obtained
mass character, but no one underwent criminal penalty for that."

Artur Baghdasaryan condemned the dispersal of the "peaceful procession
of the demonstrators" by the "Karabakhi red berets" in the evening
of May 9.

He stated that "Orinats Yerkir" will be attentively following
the authenticity of the lists of electors, the elections and the
vote-counts. Over 6 thousand proxies of the party will be present
in the polling stations, the video-taping of the vote-counts will be
carried out in over 500 polling stations, Artur Baghdasaryan informed.

On completion of the voting process, the OYP will make a political
statement.

"We are ready to accept the results of fair elections, but we will
say our resolute "no" to the falsifiers and electoral crimes", Artur
Baghdasaryan stated, urging the media, the local and international
observers to attentively follow the process of vote-count.