ARF DOES NOT DISPUTE FINAL RESULTS OF ELECTIONS
AZG Armenian Daily
27/02/2008
Post-election
ARF Supreme Body made a statement on February 25 mentioning their
candidate did every possible thing in 2008 presidential elections
to keep the competition in programmatic and ideological course and
continue the development of the country in a healthy atmosphere,
but the approach didn’t find a wide response. During the whole
campaign ARF candidate Vahan Hovhannesian took an attitude of
principle genuinely presenting ARF Dashnaktsutyun. "But during the
whole campaign mutual hostility and hatred, intolerance and menaces
were predominant. The society was divided in two and polarized. From
one side the fanaticism the previous to come to power and from the
other side the aspiration of the present authorities to protect their
personal position at any cost. The main elections also were accompanied
by different infringements. Our citizens’ assessment of the elections
is not unequivocal, and today public tension is available and the
country is confronted by the necessity to prevent the post-election
polarization and recover the atmosphere of solidarity. In present
situation we are ready to take the role of serving as a bridge".
Summarizing the reports received from the provinces and polling
stations, the results published by Central Electoral Commission and
mainly the positive response of international society ARF Supreme
Body does not dispute the final results of the elections and wishes
good luck to the newly elected president Serge Sargsian.
Faithful to the cooperation agreement signed in 2007, we express our
readiness to renounce the portfolios that the party holds and apply
to the political coalition to stop the cooperation", the statement
says. At the same time, it is proposed to study all the facts of
infringements impartially and completely and punish the trespassers,
to take urgent steps to strengthen the international authority of
Armenia, to ease inner tension, to provide real freedom of speech and
expression, full possibilities for the activities of the opposition
in political system, etc.