New Armenian Election Law May Foil Opposition’s United Candidate Pla

NEW ARMENIAN ELECTION LAW MAY FOIL OPPOSITION’S UNITED CANDIDATE PLAN

Haykakan Zhamanak, Armenia
Nov 2 2007

Armenian parliament will discuss today proposed changes to Armenia’s
Election Law, which include provisions aimed specifically against
the candidacy of the first Armenian president, Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

It is suggested that the provision be removed from the Election Law
on the nomination of presidential candidates by political blocs and
public initiatives and instead that a presidential candidate be put
forward by a single party or by the person’s own initiative. So,
once it is announced that Ter-Petrosyan is a united opposition
candidate, this fact will not be reflected in ballot papers. Thus,
the Armenian government has proved once again that their panic can
lead them to anything.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS