Politics

Most serious consequence of th referendum

04.12.2005

Well, the constitutional amendments referendum is over. It’s history. So right now it doesn’t even matter whether the referendum proceeded in an environment of serious or minor violations, whether the number of violations were terrible or only slightly awful, etc. Indeed, the opposition gave only 72 hours to the CEC to consider the referendum results …

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Uninteresting topic

02.12.2005

Armenia’s constitutional amendments referendum is a pretty boring topic to discuss for foreign news networks. A number of French, Spanish, English, American and Swedish newspaper editions and television networks have talked about the parliamentary elections in Chechnya on November 27, but none have reflected upon Armenia’s referendum-except BBC television network. All data provided by the …

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He left for Moscow

02.12.2005

Yesterday, the delegation headed by secretary of the National Security council under the supervision of the president and Defense Minister Serj Sargsyan left for Moscow. The Defense Minister of Armenia will take part in the sessions for the committee of security secretaries of the CIS countries, and the council meeting for defense ministers. Leaders of …

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The opposition will take decisive steps

02.12.2005

“Back in the sixties, we were fighting for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, then came the fight for uniting Karabagh with Armenia, then the struggle for Armenia’s independence…We have solved more difficult issues. This is nothing for us. This country will not be destroyed by some scoundrels. This is a national-liberal fight where all …

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He doesn’t have the guts

02.12.2005

Yesterday, during a conference, the head of the “yes” headquarters Mher Shahgeldyan was trying his best not to say the words “free and fair” in regard to the referendum. When the journalists noticed that he was not saying the word fair, Shahgeldyan claimed that there had been a high level of participation. Finally, one of …

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Now do you see what happened?

02.12.2005

Academician Rafael Ghazaryan is not mad at the “caricatures” of the electoral committee who said the following to him after falsifying the ballots: “So, is this what you were waiting for academician? Now do you see what happened?” “ I am not mad. I simply want my people to hate the authorities by expressing themselves …

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Speech about falsifications

02.12.2005

“The cases of electoral bribes for “yes” votes during the referendum had reduced compared to previous elections,” said representative of the Social Information Center for oppositionist political parties Stepan Safaryan. But, in order to not leave the impression that our authorities are acting legally and that the referendum on November 27 was fair, S. Safaryan …

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Azaryan is obsessed

02.12.2005

President of the Central Electoral Committee (CEC) Garegin Azaryan announced that the decision made by the opposition to boycott the referendum has made an impact on the electoral committee workers and has helped in the process of violations. “The boycott impacted the electoral committee workers because, as a result, they all became the same.” He …

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Calculations

02.12.2005

As we had predicted yesterday in our edition, the number of votes for “yes” exceeded 1,410,000; to be more exact-1,411,791 voters “cast their votes” for the constitutional amendments. In general, according to the data given by the Central Electoral Committee (CEC), more than 1.5 million citizens took part in the referendum. If we consider this …

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Dual standards

02.12.2005

But from now on we can call president of the Central Electoral Committee Garegin Azaryan as the greatest Armenian falsifier after the constitutional amendments referendum which took place on Sunday. The constitutional amendments referendum on Sunday was one of a kind when it comes to the level of electoral bribes and acts. We can not …

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