“The PA has concerns that the upcoming parliamentary elections may be violated,” said former FM and current member of the Prosperous Armenia party Vartan Oskanyan. “We should also look at the process in the context of the way we have passed. If the past elections were normal, we did not have problems with legitimacy, your question asking if the PA doubts that the elections may be violated would be unreasonable. Of course we doubt as our way we have passed and the existing voters lists are showing that, as well as the rumors and different activities in different precincts,” said Oskanyan and added that the tools of violations of elections have always been in the hands of the authorities. “In a word, it is not a secret that it is ultimately the responsibility of the authorities to organize and hold free and fair elections. Our legislation says that and our system is built that way. Don’t want to say that the authorities are making tricks, but in these difficult situation and conditions they are trying to be success, when the entire stream is against them and they want to keep their political monopoly, which I thing is a clear message to all parties in the region that are going to participate in the elections. Even if they do not have direct instructions, the way we have passed shows this and it seems that they have the feeling of strong responsibility because if they fail, they will have to explain why,” said Vartan Oskanyan. Actually he is true about the past elections. However, the absurd thing is that he has been in office for ten years during the same regime that had come to power with similar techniques and violations.
