Armenian Party Accepts Election Results

ARMENIAN PARTY ACCEPTS ELECTION RESULTS

Arminfo
15 May 07

Yerevan, 15 May: "The ARFD [Armenian Revolutionary Federation
-Dashnaktsutyun] regards the 12 May parliamentary election as a
progress in conducting democratic elections up to international
standards," a statement released by the ARFD supreme body reads.

The party stressed the importance of high turnout of voters that
it a manifestation of [people’s] will to form the government on
their own. At the same time, the party said that such events as
coercion and the bribing of voters had not been fully prevented. In
addition, some parties had failed to secure their seats in electoral
commissions. "There were cases of vote rigging during the electoral
process and we were trying to prevented them. Nevertheless, these cases
have not affected the election result," the statement further reads.

The ARFD regards the election as being valid and accepts the
preliminary results.

[Passage omitted: ARFD congratulates winners]

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS