ANC MAKES APPEAL OF CONSOLIDATION TO ALL DEMOCRATIC FORCES OF ARMENIA
NOYAN TAPAN
JUNE 4, 2009
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. "The whole state system led
and coordinated by Serzh Sargsyan was made to serve for the
falsifications committed in the May 31 Yerevan Council of Elders
elections," the statement of the Armenian National Congress (ANC)
mentioned. ANC stated that the RA Defence Ministry ensured illegal
voting of soldiers and other servicemen. They were given illegal
leaves for the purpose of voting and instead those giving them leave
demanded that the servicemen’s relatives should also vote for the
pro-governmental forces.
Besides, according to ANC, before the election day heads of hospitals
and comprehensive schools were instructed to prepare so-called "100
percent" lists of those to vote for the authorities’ candidate. "Lists
of socially insecure people were made up in advance by orders given
to various state structures, in particular, to Ministries, Pension
Fund, and condominiums, and voter buying was done by those lists,"
the statement read.
Mass voter buying was done in the evening and at night before the
voting day. And in the morning of May 31, at 8:00-11.00 all kinds of
transport services transported bribed citizens under control of special
groups, and their voting was controlled by various methods. Groups of
citizens not registered in Yerevan were sent to Yerevan from Gyumri,
Vanadzor, and other towns, who voted at various polling stations.
Proceeding from the above mentioned, ANC concludes that "a criminal
totalitarian state system with a democratic facade" has been created in
Armenia. "ANC has hoisted a flag of struggle against this anti-human
system leading the nation to ruin. We call all political forces
for consolidating in this struggle for establishment of democracy,"
the ANC statement read.