Mediamax, Armenia
Feb. 20, 2008

ARMENIAN CANDIDATE’S HQ URGES ELECTION BODY TO REVIEW VOTING RESULTS

Yerevan, 20 February: The election headquarters of presidential
candidate Artur Baghdasaryan called on the Armenianauthorities today
"not to obstruct the review of the election results in accordance
with the law".

"Numerous violations and falsifications were registered in the course
of the 19 February vote. What is more, theelection process was
accompanied by threats and violence against members of electoral
commissions and proxies,"Baghdasaryan’s headquarters said in a
statement, Mediamax reports. The statement also described many cases
of"stuffing ballot papers" and "universal distribution of election
bribes".

"The falsifications perpetrated at many polling stations while
counting the votes leave open to doubt thefairness and legitimacy of
the election," the statement said.

"We announce that we are launching the process of reviewing the
election outcome and demand to void the electionresults at more than
200 polling stations, which will considerably increase the votes for
our candidate and will in turnhave a significant impact on the final
outcome of the election," the statement said.

The document said that the authorities’ efforts to hinder reviewing
the election results "are fraught with social unrest".