TASHNAQ RESPONDS TO MURR, SAYS HE REQUESTED DISTRIBUTION OF VOTES BETWEEN MOUKHEIBER, RAHBANI
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June 17 2009
Lebanon
The Central Committee of the Armenian Tashnaq party said in a statement
issued on Wednesday that 32% of registered Armenian voters cast their
ballots in the 2007 by-elections between Kataeb party leader Amin
Gemayel and Change and Reform bloc MP Camille Khoury, and not 28% as
claimed by MP Michel al-Murr in his press conference held on Tuesday.
The statement added that the percentage of ballots in the Metn
district in the 2009 elections increased by 17% compared to 2007,
something which would logically explain the increase of the Armenian
participation in the elections.
"Three days before the elections, Murr asked the Tashnaq to distribute
their votes equally between the two Orthodox candidates of the Free
Patriotic Movement," the statement read, a reference to MP Ghassan
Moukheiber and Ghassan Rahbani, adding that "the party abided by
Murr’s request."
The statement also read that Murr got 5,000 Armenian ballots, while
the Tashnaq completely rejected Murr’s accusations of using forged
ID cards in the elections.