ACCORDING TO VAHAN HOVHANNISIAN, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT’S REPORT CONTAINS BOTH ESTIMATIONS AND EXAGGERATIONS

Noyan Tapan
June 15, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. According to ARFD Bureau member,
head of the RA National Assembly ARFD faction Vahan Hovhannisian,
U.S. State Department’s report publicized on June 10 "as always mixes
up everything together:" there are right estimations, but there are
also exaggerations. He said this at a press briefing held on June 12
at the RA National Assembly.

The report, in particular, mentioned that "the 2008 presidential
elections held with huge shortcomings led to a political crisis,
which is not overcome up to now."

"The report contains points that are not especially subject
of argument, I think all of us know that the 2008 presidential
elections proceeded not in the best way, mutual intolerance resulted
in conflicts, there were victims in the conflicts, and a political
crisis emerged," he said. According to the ARFD deputy, report’s
provision that the crisis is not overcome up to now is disputable
and exaggerated. However, according to him, on the other hand,
"the unpleasant and unacceptable consequences of these elections
are perceptible up to now and will still long be perceptible, it
is obvious."

V. Hovhannisian also mentioned that it is a little unintelligible that
Armenia’s small communities will suffer from all this, as on the basis
of the report the Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors
decided to stop funding the road construction subprogram to the amount
of 68m USD, which has an immediate relation to these communities.