"DASHNAKTSUTIUN" MADE A STATEMENT AND URGED ALL THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN NOT TO GENERATE TENSION IN THE ATMOSPHERE IN ARMENIA

Mediamax
February 13, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Supreme Body of "Dashnaktsutiun" party made
a statement today, in which it urged all the participants of the
pre-election campaign not to generate tension in the atmosphere in
the country.

Mediamax reports that the statement reads that generation tension
in the political situation and the polarization of the society in
period of electoral processes are natural and inevitable phenomena,
however it is unacceptable when the pre-election struggle oversteps
the limits of civilized manners.

"We note with regret that today the pre-election campaign in Armenia
is of this very nature. Unhealthy tendencies, which were felt in the
very beginning of the pre-election campaign, day by day obtain new
forms of manifestation", the statement reads.

The Supreme Body of "Dashnaktsutiun" party notes that there is an
atmosphere of intolerance heated in the society, rules of political
struggle and elementary norms are violated, presidential candidates
and their teams make personal insults against each other, open urges
and revenge threats are voiced, reciprocal hatred and hostility are
developing in the society.

"All these phenomena give a green light to the intervention of
non-political elements and external forces, which is pregnant with
unforeseen consequences", the statement reads.

In this connection, realizing all the danger of the present situation,
"Dashnaktsutiun" condemns any effort of unhealthy struggle and urges
all the participants of the pre-election campaign to follow the
ethical norms, speak exclusively from ideological-program stances.

"We declare that we will not allow destabilizing the situation in the
republic. With all responsibility we state that the only way out from
the present situation is the exclusion of all the possible violations
of the electoral legislation and realization of fair, transparent and
free elections", the statement of the Supreme Body of "Dashnaktsutiun"
party reads.