ACCORDING TO LEVON TER-PETROSIAN, U.S. "DOES NOT BELIEVE" ELECTIONS HELD IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Feb 29 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Today Serge Sargsian and Robert
Kocharian disclosed their important agent – Artur Baghdasarian and thus
drew a distinct line between the robber state and the people. Member
of L. Ter-Petrosian’s central headquarters Nikol Pashinian made this
statement at the February 29 rally in Freedom Square, adding that
now an inflow of "Orinats Yerkir" party members to Freedom Square
will begin. According to him, on the election day the authorities
committed election rigging both for S. Sargsian and A. Baghdasarian.

L. Ter-Petrosian considered the statements of the U.S. State
Department and the U.S. representative to the OSCE about the
presidential elections in Armenia as manifestation of a serious
approach. In his words, it shows that "the U.S. does not believe
these elections". According to him, so far European structures have
not displayed such seriousness and the European observers do not
understand correctly their mission. "They consider what is considered
as immoral in their countries to be moral here. They apply double
standards concerning us," L. Ter-Petrosian said.

An excerpt from the statement of the U.S. respresentative to the OSCE
was read at the rally. According to it, the February 19 elections
are quite far from being ideal, a number of gross violations were
committed, and a suspiciously high turn-out of voters was registered in
some regions. The statement positively assesses the peaceful holding
of demonstrations, considering it as a serious achievement in terms
of democratization.