DEMIRCIYAN: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA CANNOT BE REGARDED AS FREE AND FAIR
Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey –
May 16 2007
Parliamentary elections in Armenia on Saturday cannot be regarded as
free and fair and the new parliament was not formed through a free
expression of the will of the people, the head of the opposition
People’s party of Armenia, Stepan Demirciyan said on Monday.
According to preliminary results, this centre-left party failed to pass
the 5-percent barrier and was not elected to the National Assembly.
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said he would like a constructive
opposition – "political parties of Armenia, not representative offices
of foreign forces" — to be elected to the parliament.