STATEMENT BY ARF SUPREME BODY OF ARMENIA
Yerkir.am
13.02.2008 14:50
The ARF Supreme Body of Armenia issued a statement on 13 February in
connection with the presidential election in Armenia.
Below is the text of the statement.
The forthcoming presidential election will have a great significance
for our statehood. Some tensions of the political environment are
social polarizing are normal and inevitable during elections but it
is unallowable when the struggle gets out from the frame of civilized
behavior.
It is with a regret that we have to state that the election struggle
is exactly like it today. The unhealthy trends that were noticeable
in the beginning of the race have been escalating on daily basis.
The atmosphere of intolerance being seeded in the society, the
violation of elementary norms of civilized struggle, the personal
insults addressed to contesters and their teams that are voiced
mutually, open calls for reprisal, the seeding of hostility and mutual
hatred in the society have reached a very dangerous point.
All this gives a green light to non-political elements and external
forces to intervene, and this bears unpredictable consequences.
Realizing the entire danger of this situation, we condemn any attempt
of unhealthy race. We call on all the forces to observe the rules of
political ethics, conduct their campaigns strictly based on ideologies
and programs during the race, refraining from the provocative attempts
to make the situation uncontrollable.
We declare that we will not allow endangering the country’s stability
and the future of our independent statehood.
We declare that excluding all the election fraud and conducting free,
fair and transparent election is the only way out from this situation.