ELECTORAL SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN ARMENIA, STEPAN SAFARIAN SAYS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 22 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. 500 thousand people are to stay in
the square for two weeks for Levon Ter-Petrosian’s victory. Alexander
Iskandarian, the Director of the Caucasian Media Institute, expressed
such an opinion during the February 22 dispute. According to him,
much will also depend on the authorities’ actions and their mistakes.
His opponent Stepan Safarian, a member of the RA National Assembly
Zharangutiun/ Heritage faction, said that a "striking power" has
gathered in Liberty Square and the result depends on only use of
efficient technologies.
He emphasized that no accidental people, but the most active and
ideologically committed part of society has gathered in the square.
According to A. Iskandarian, returning to politics after 10 years’
silence Levon Ter-Petrosian received the vote of every 5th voter. In
his words, this phenomenon is explained by the circumstance that the
Armenian public is "pregnant with opposition" and is in no way able to
"bear." Existence of a real ruling party is needed for forming a real
opposition. "The problem is not that there are many parties in Armenia,
the problem is that there is none," the political scientist stated.
According to S. Safarian, the control of the process of elections by
Zharangutiun showed that the electoral system is completely destroyed
in the country: not an electoral process, but confrontation of two
sides was taking place. In his words, what happened in Yerevan’s
Malatia-Sebastia, Erebuni communities or in Syunik can be hardly
named election.