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“CONSITUTIONAL COURT CANNOT SAY HOW MANY VOTES WE HAVE LOST”

Politics

What will the “Heritage” party do in the newly appointed parliament? The party headed by Raffi Hovannisian got 7 mandates in the NA.

Stepan Safaryan, director of Armenian Center for National and International Studies, answered to the questions of “A1+”.

- The party is discussing its parliamentary activities at this moment. In the autumn the party will present legislative and other initiatives. It also has plans on upcoming elections and is observing which events are most likely to implement.

- The “Heritage” has provided registered facts on election riggings to the “Republican Party of Armenia” to be heard at the Constitutional Court. What facts are they?

-The document provided by us includes surveys of TV news programs carried out by the Armenian Center for National and International Studies, which presents obvious proves that no equal opportunities existed during the elections. The Court is to decide whether such unjust campaign can offer transparent and free parliamentary elections. We have also presented reports of our proxies which are very serious. For example, we have verified facts that one person voted twice. In another district coming to the election the voter found out that there was already a signature in front of his name. Larisa Alaverdyan witnessed a scene of voting with a false published passport. There are facts that in a number of districts there was a messy situation and it was impossible to control it. In some cases heads of the committees refused to put seals under conclusive records with the intention to change them later. We have also proves of bribe cases.

- Why the “Heritage” party did not apply at the Constitutional Court since it possesses such facts?

- When the “Republican Party of Armenia” asked us we had not received all the records form the regions yet. Later it became senseless to apply to the CC separately and we preferred to strengthen the appeal of the “Republican Party of Armenia”.

- What do you expect from the CC?

- We want at least some riggers to carry responsibility. We do not have great expectations from the results revision. Since the CC does not have mechanisms and standards to estimate the qualitative influence of rigging final results. The CC would hardly be able to say how many votes has this or that party lost. Even if it proves the fraud cases, the CC will not qualify it was as organized rigging.

- Will the ‘Heritage” party participate in 2008 presidential elections?

- It is too soon to discuss that question.