REPRESSIONS AGAINST EUROVISION VOTES
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12:48 / 08/14/2009
According to the official data, 43 Azerbaijani citizens voted
for Arshakyan sisters (Armenian contestants), Azerbaijani Radio
Liberty reports.
One of the voters Rovshan Nasirli was summoned to MNS regional
department. According to him, the officers had a list of those voted
for Armenian contestants with their addresses and phone numbers. "I
was summoned to MNS and urged to write an explanatory note why I
voted for Armenia at Eurovision-2009. They said it is important for
state security. I was psychologically pressurized and insulted:
"Don’t you have nationality? Why did you vote for Armenia?" they
asked and I answered: "If Azerbaijani MPs go to Armenia why then
common citizens cannot vote for favorite song?" Rovshan said.
He said that voted for Armenians protesting against Arash’s
participation as Azerbaijani contestant. He considers that Armenian
song is stylistically better and closer to Azerbaijani ear than
Arash’s song. "But I could not even imagine that it meets MNS’s ear,"
he is surprised.
There is no ground to be astonished, as Azerbaijan fulfills the points
of Moscow Declaration signed by Ilham Aliyev on activities for trust
regain among Azerbaijani and Armenian people. However the situation
in Armenia is different. One can still hear Azerbaijani contestant’s
song in Yerevan streets. Is it right to let a mentally ill neighbor in.