HOVHANNES HOVHANNISIAN DOES NOT EXCLUDE THAT BY 2008 NEW POLITICAL TEAM CAN COME TO POWER IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
May 03 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. "Elections by majoritarian system hamper
establishment of normal political system in the country." Hovhannes
Hovhannisian, Chairman of Liberal-Progressive Party of Armenia,
stated at the May 3 press conference.
He reported that in the Davitashen community included in electoral
district N 5, where he has nominated his candidature, before his
preelection meetings with voters, some unknown persons come by cars
without number plates and intimidate the people. "We have already
resigned ourselves that the authorities use the administrative resource
during the elections, but all this is already turning into an open
terror in relation to voters. Finally the authorities will become
the hostages of the system created by them," H. Hovhannisian assured.
He said that he sees a direct connection between the parliamentary
elections and presidential elections of 2008. In his words, the
approximate picture of forthcoming presidential elections will become
clear on May 12. "If the authorities again manage to falsify the
elections, this means that they will manage to fulfil their scenario
of presidential elections by 50%. It is a different matter whether
the public will swallow one more falsified election."
H. Hovhannisian said that the current authorities have "completely
exhausted the resource of illegitimacy." He did not exclude that
after the presidential elections serious changes will happen and a
new political team can come to power in the country."