SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS LOSE
Support A1+!Former Presidential Candidate, Chairman of “National Democratic Union” Vazgen Manukian met with journalists for the first time after the elections. He accounted his silence for the oversensitivity of the political situation.
According to him the opposition had every chance to win if it used another format. Regarding the legitimacy of elections Vazgen Manukian said: “They were more legitimate than those of 2003.”
“We have had no legitimate elections since 1995. But as compared to the Presidential Elections of 2003 we had fewer violations. I cannot accept the post-election demands of the opposition. Back in 1996 we demanded that one ballot-box from each polling station be opened and the ballots counted. I cannot accept the demand of 2008. Levon Ter-Petrossian declares he has won 65% of votes and he is eager to sit in his palace. It is a unique claim but not quite real.”
With regard to March 1 victims Vazgen Manukian says: “For the first time in Armenia’s history we had victims during political unease. Who is responsible? Who is to blame? Usually, the state is responsible for the blood shed at the time of demonstrations. But it is the court’s duty to find out those guilty. We should distinguish political prisoners from transgressors and punish the guilty ones.”
“We are on the wrong way. We shouldn’t go over 1988 or 1996 again. People are displeased with the government but they do not want to be engaged in politics. They simply wait until a fairy comes and takes away the evil spirits. In such circumstances someone will always be a loser and people will suffer.”
