ARMENIA MUST CHANGE TO PROPORTIONAL ELECTION SYSTEM FORTHWITH – ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN
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January 20, 2012 | 13:28
YEREVAN. – Armenia must change to a 100-percent proportional election
system forthwith, parliamentary opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party’s
Supreme Body member, MP Armen Rustamyan stated during Friday’s
conference jointly held by ARF Dashnaktsutyun and parliamentary
opposition Heritage Party. He added that this is why the two parties
introduced a bill to that effect.
“If the [parliamentary] majority wishes, the electoral system can
change completely,” Rustamyan noted, and added: “It can change
fully, [and] without getting in the way of holding the upcoming
[parliamentary] elections.”
“There are no fundamental disagreements with respect to the electoral
systems. All agree, but one says ‘we will pass to it later,’ whereas
the others demand that the change be adopted immediately,” Armen
Rustamyan maintained.
In his words, Armenia’s authorities need to prove whether they truly
want democratic elections in the country. “If the authorities do not
adopt the change, they will exclude themselves from the political
processes,” Rustamyan argued.
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