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NO ELECTORAL BRIBE< NO PARTICIPANCE" 
DISSOLUTNESS Azerbaijan has presented a book in the international book fair
in Frankfurt where Garni and Amberd are pictured as "monuments of Western
Azerbaijan". PREVENT PO's POLITICAL ACTIVITIES On the occasion
of the elections in Ajapnyak community, within the framework of "In favor
of legal elections" civil initiative, "Human Rights-96" party has
turned to the RA Ministry of Justice proposing to prevent the political activities
which oppose to the demands of the RA legislation and realized by the "Nig
Aparan" public organization. | NO
CONTACT WITH HAYK
The short visit of the leader of Constitutional Right Union to the CRU office
was shot and showed to the journalists. Hrant Khachatrian went to his working
room first of all and when he saw it was being repaired, he went to the room of
the organization section's chief. At that moment Hayk Babukhanian said to him;
"Hrant, let's speak, what do you want?" Hrant Khachatrian didn't answer.
He had a short conversation with Arthur Sirekanian and tried to find out the answer
of his recommendations and then told Sirekanian: "Because you are the nail's
head" and went out. Gagik Kostandian was trying to talk with Hrant in the
corridor: Hrant, please, stop to speak" but Hrant didn't pay any attention
and left. THE ELECTORAL BRIBE
ISN'T THE MAIN WAY One
of the famous politicians has told during one of discussions lately that the press,
focusing on the electoral bribes, assists the authority propaganda, the aim of
which is to prove that the elections are rigged with the help of corruptibility
of the population. It is indeed very proper approach for the authorities: they
admit that they commit a small crime, hiding the big ones.
Frankly speaking,
I haven't noticed that the whole press is led by that logic but that politician's
observation is right; the bribe, which is given to the voters, is a small, assisting
way for the falsifiers. For example, there are 2 million voters in Armenia, 100000
voters from that two million have voted under influence of electoral bribe, does
it provide the victory of the authority candidates or parties? Certainly, it doesn't.
And then everybody admits that the constitutional referendum was rigged and no
electoral bribe was given.
Expediency prompts that filling ballots isn't also
the main way of rigging the elections. It is difficult to imagine that about 1
million ballots were filled in 2000 polling stations of Armenia. It is much more
possible that the number of filled ballots isn't over 100 thousands. In addition
to that figure one more 50 thousands voters, the representatives of corrupted
bureaucracy and the members of their families who frankly vote for the authority.
In addition to it the army. We got 300000. Then where do 1-1,5 million votes come
from, which the authority always registers in favor it?
The answer is obvious
and it may be elucidated by the example of that same constitutional referendum.
The following becomes clear from the private conversations with "falsifiers
of polling stations"; about 250 voters /200 'for', 50 'against'/ came to
vote in the polling station which has 2000 voters. The falsifiers added to that
250 a small '1' making it 1250. The main way for providing the "victory of
the authority" is to "draw figures".
I can't say how the participation
of voters will be in the coming parliamentary elections. I hope the opposition
will not boycott and will send its representatives to the polling stations.
If
all oppositionist parties have 2000 uncorrupted representatives and the OSCE send
2000 uncorrupted observers, it is possible that the elections will be held a little
fairly. There is easier version; to sit and gamble; "The elections will be
rigged". Aram Abrahamian |
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