ARTUR BAGHDASARIAN’S STAFF STATED THAT "THE EFFORTS OF AUTHORITIES TO HINDER THE RECONSIDERATION OF ELECTION RESULTS ARE PREGNANT WITH PUBLIC CONFRONTATION"
Mediamax
February 20, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. The pre-election staff of presidential candidate
Artur Baghdasarian urged today the Armenian authorities "not to hinder
the reconsideration of the election results in accordance with the
order, established by the law".
Mediamax reports that the statement of Artur Baghdasarian’s staff
reads that "in the process of voting on February 19, many violations
and falsifications were registered, moreover, the electoral process
was accompanied by threats and violence against members of electoral
commissions and proxies". The statement also stated many cases of
"massive ballot box stuffing" and "omnipresent distribution of
pre-election bribes".
"Falsifications, allowed in many polling stations in the process of
vote count, cast doubt on the fairness and legality of the elections",
the statement of Artur Baghdasarian’s staff reads.
"We declare that we are starting a process of reconsideration of
the election results and we demand to recognize invalid the results
of voting in more than 100 polling stations, hold second vote count
in over 200 polling stations, which will considerably increase the
votes of our candidate, which, in its turn, will have considerable
influence on the final results of the elections", the statement reads.
The document states that the efforts of authorities to hinder
the reconsideration of election results "are pregnant with public
confrontation".