"IT IS NECESSARY TO FOUND CITIZEN’S INSTITUTE TO HOLD FEAR ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA," VAHAN SHIRKHANIAN FINDS
Noyan Tapan
Mar 14 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. "I left the proportional list of the
"Zharangutiun" (Heritage) party of Raffi Hovannisian as I find that
it is meaningless to participate in the elections in a list of a
separate party," RA former Deputy Defence Minister, former Deputy
Prime Minister, non-partisan Vahan Shirkhanian stated at the March 14
press conference, adding: "I thought that an opposing joint field will
be." In his words, "no elections may be in Armenia as "the electoral
system is broken in the country, the citizen’s institute is liquidated,
a coutry citizen is not sure that he forms the power."
"This is the reason that a group of people as well as parties do
not participate in this farce and set a task to found the citizen’s
institute in the country," V. Shirkhanian mentioned. In his words,
if nothing changes in that sense in the future and a citizen does
not feel himself as the country owner, "the leit-motiv of 2007 and
2008 elections will be race for making use of the authorities’ wealth."