VAZGEN MANUKIAN WILL NOT CONTEST ELECTION RESULTS AND URGED THE AUTHORITIES AND THE OPPOSITION TO JOINTLY TRY TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THE PRESENT SITUATION

Mediamax
February 26, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Leader of the National-Democratic Union (NDU),
former presidential candidate of Armenia Vazgen Manukian made a
statement today, in which he urged the authorities and the opposition
to jointly try to find a way out of the present situation.

Mediamax reports that Vazgen Manukian’s statement, in particular,
reads:

"The documents we have evidence what unacceptable violations took
place in the process of the presidential elections. Nevertheless,
they do not give as sufficient legal basis for contesting the results
of the elections in the Constitutional Court of Armenia".

In his statement, Vazgen Manukian gave assessment to the post-election
situation in the country, noting that today "both confronting sides
found themselves in a deadlock, which they drove themselves in".

"The striving at any price to preserve power from one side and the
craving for reaching power on the wave of dazzle hatred from the other
lead our society into a deadlock, endangering the future of our country
and the people. The real struggle for democratic Armenia is ahead, and
I urge them all jointly to try to find ways for our country out of the
deadlock towards real development", Vazgen Manukian’s statement reads.