V. Oskanian expresses concerns over vote handling

V. Oskanian expresses concerns over vote handling

04:29 pm | Today | Politics

Armenia’s ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian has expressed serious
concern over the conduct of parliamentary elections in the country.

It is already an hour I have been at the central headquarters of the
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and I must say that calls regarding
election violations and other infractions do not stop for a second.
Most of the calls have been about the disappearing ink stamps. It
turns out that the some polling stations are still using the previous
stamps. We have also received reports about voter crowding in and
around polling stations, even ahead of opening of the polls. All this
shows that we have to deal with well-planned operations.

At present, we can say that the authorities failed to keep their
decreed promise – to conduct free and fair elections. They do not even
honour their pledges. This makes us conclude that the authorities are
attempting to rig the elections. However, I am still hopeful that they
will intervene with the rigging and stop it as long as there is time,
otherwise, the political parties participating in the elections will
draw corresponding conclusions on the legitimacy of the parliamentary
elections.