OYP ADDRESSES OSCE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF LONG-TERM MONITORING MISSION
Noyan Tapan
Dec 12 2007
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The Orinats Yerkir (Country of
Law) Party has addressed the OSCE Office in Armenia with an issue
concerning the implementation of a long-term monitoring mission in the
forthcoming 2008 presidential elections. This statement was made by
Heghine Bisharian, the Deputy Chairman of the above-mentioned party,
at the press conference held on December 12. It should be mentioned
that the latter is the Head of the pre-electoral staff of Arthur
Baghdasarian, the Chairman of the Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law)
Party, who has been nominated as a candidate running for the post of
the RA President.
In the words of Heghine Bisharian, the candidates running for
presidency have already found themselves under unequal compettion
conditions.
Particularly, for the past few months Arthur Baghdasarian has had the
opportunity for appearing in the TV air only for 4-5 times, whereas,
every step of Prime Minister Serge Sargsian, the Chairman of the
Republican Party of Armenia and the candidate of the authorities, is
being covered. Heghine Bisharian expressed anxiety in connection with
the fact that, according to the information they possess, the heads
of villages have been appointed chairmen of the electoral commissions
in all the rural communities, who are demanded to provide certain
amount of votes for the candidate of the authorities.
In response to the question concerning the financing sources of
the campaign of the Chairman of the Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law)
Party, Heghine Bisharian mentioned that the party has 100 thousand
members and each of those members will make his/her investment and
so the fund of their candidate will be replenished with the maximum
sum envisaged by law. The party will also be supported by certain
businessmen, the names of whom, however, she did not make public.
According to the Head of the pre-electoral staff, the campaign of the
Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) Party will be held without any black
propaganda against other candidates. The Orinats Yerkir (Country of
Law) Party is ready to cooperate with the candidates of other forces
for the purpose of holding free, fair and transparent elections.