FRAUD MARS ARMENIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: EX-FOREIGN MINISTER
Press TV, Iran
Feb 19 2013
Former Armenian Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian says that the
country’s presidential election has been tainted with reports of
massive irregularities.
On Tuesday, Hovannisian issued a statement saying that “These were
shameful elections with a huge number of violations…the vote was
not fair and the (official) results do not reflect people’s will.”
The leading challenger to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said that
“we will not let the authorities to steal the people’s victory.”
Reports say that the violations include disappearing ink which allows
multiple voting.
Earlier in the day, Sargsyan issued a statement saying “This election
was a selection of a road; the residents of Armenia selected the road
to a secure Armenia.”
This comes after official results from the presidential election
showed Sargsyan had won a second five-year term in office.
Sargsyan has received nearly 59 percent of the vote. His rival,
Hovannisian, the Heritage Party’s leader, comes in a distant second
with about 37 percent of the ballots.
Reports say that out of 2.5 million eligible voters, only 60.18%
percent of them cast their ballots at 1,988 polling stations across
the South Caucasian country on Monday’s election.
The voter turnout stood at 69 percent in the previous presidential
election in 2008.
MAM/JR
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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