MONEY WINS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, TIGRAN KARAPETIAN SAYS
Noyan Tapan
May 18 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. "Money and why not, force, won the May 12
parliamentary elections," Chairman of People’s Party Tigran Karapetian
stated at the May 18 press conference. In his words, though the party
headed by him failed to get over 5% barrier, the votes received by PP
are "votes of the rest part of honest and pure voters" who are in the
"kind field" and it is impossible to tempt them by a bribe.
T. Karapetian said that he has many facts of violations. In particular,
during calculation of votes in Talin 300 ballot-papers voted in
favor of PP were added to the Republican Party. Nevertheless, as
T. Karapetian stated, he is not going to apply to the Constitutional
Court.
"The authorities have made elections a business, but they do not
imagine what kind of situation will be formed in the country if some
foreign force for strengthening its positions in Armenia starts to
give out not 5 thousand but 505 thousand drams to the people," the
PP leader said.