PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES YEREVAN CITIZENS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
01.06.2009 17:22 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ RA President Serzh Sargsyan congratulated Yerevan
citizens on first elections to Elders’ Council. Declaring such
elections as the start of a new government system, the President
considered them a big advance towards enhancing democratic
mechanisms. Mr. Sargsyan also congratulated "Prosperous Armenia"
and Armenian National Congress (ANC), noting the latter’s progress
during pre-election campaign.

"May 31 elections and the whole electoral campaign came to prove that
we were capable of overcoming all difficulties we encountered in the
past," he said.

Touching upon electoral incidents, the President noted, "Unfortunately,
wrongdoings were observed in some polling stations. But my position
is firm: individual interests cannot prevail over state interests,"
Mr. Sargsyan stressed.