REPRESENTATIVES OF INCUMBENT AND FORMER PARTIES IN POWER IN ARMENIA TAKE POSITIVE VIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NKR

arminfo
2007-07-23 15:24:00

Representatives of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia,
parliamentarian Gagik Minasyan and a member of the former ruling
Armenian Pan National Movement party Aram Manukyan take a positive
view of July 19 presidential election in Nagorny Karabakh Republic.

Gagik Minasyan said at the Mirror Club Monday that the unanimous
positive assessment of the election in NKR by international observers
testifies to full harmony with democratic norms. Moreover, the
defeated candidate was the first to congratulate his rival on victory,
Minasyan said.

For his part, Aram Manukyan said his assessment of the election
is positive despite the use of administrative resource in favor
of Bako Sahakyan and "Armenia’s constant interference into NKR’s
ffairs." The most important is that Bako Sahakyan considers prior
the security of the country, birth-rate promotion and settlement
of Nagorny Karabakh. One can close eyes on isolated violations
for fulfillment of the above tasks, he said. Armenia is far from
achieving democracy like that in NKR. Unlike the representatives of
the incumbent administration in Armenia, ex-president of NKR Arkady
Ghoukassyan can peacefully live in his country not afraid of anything.