FIGHT OVER THE EVENT CALLED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS POSSIBLE ONLY IN CASE OF LEVON TER-PETROSYAN’S PARTICIPATION, DAVID SHAKNAZARYAN IS SURE

ArmInfo
2007-09-10 12:35:00

‘Taking into consideration significant weakness of the political
system of the country and sickness of the society, one can say for
sure that the fight over the event called "presidential election
in Armenia" is possible only in case of the former president Levon
Ter-Petrosyan’s participation, a member of the Armenian Pan-National
Movement, the former national security minister, David Shaknazaryan,
told journalists in Azdak club, Saturday.

He also added that this fact is obvious for the supporter as well as
rivals of the ex-president, since there nas never been a politician of
such a level and scale over the whole history of the Armenian people.

Asked by Arminfo correspondent who guides the talks about
Ter-Petrosyan’s running for president when the latter is silent,
Shakhnazaryan replied that in the created conditions the tendency
is natural, incidentally the pro-power mass media are more active in
the process than more or less independent ones.

Touching on the prospect of holding democratic reforms in the country,
he said that one cannot mix up fair voting with fair election. ‘In
many countries of Latin America people vote without any violation,
but this does not make possible to call the election as fair. And
if today’s situation does not change, it can change only in case of
Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s running for president, in that case I don’t
rule out that the power candidate may gain a victory over the fair
voting but not election’, – David Shaknazaryan thinks.