ELECTIONS – NO LONGER SUBJECT TO DISCUSSIONS

Armenia turns over the page of its history

The final decision of the Constitutional Court regarding the February 19 presidential elections and the third interim report of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, coinciding with the mitigation of the state of emergency declared in the capital city, draw a specific kind of “red line” below the political developments of the post-electoral period, creating a fundamentally new situation.
Examining the objections submitted by separate presidential candidates, both the Constitutional Court and the international observation missions have arrived at the conclusion that there are no relevant legal bases for reviewing the results of the February 19 presidential elections.
Thereafter, everything else, including the problem of overcoming the flaws observed during the elections, is to be considered in the process of preparing for the next electoral race.
In this period, both the legislative and executive powers of Armenia and the Central Election Commission should draw relevant conclusions and carry out certain activities.
But as they say, it’s a “different piece of music” because the further improvement of the electoral process is one of the most important tasks required for the modernization of the institutions of any democratic state.
Actually, applying to the Constitutional Court, Ter-Petrosyan’s team did not aim to appeal against the election results; all they did was the speculation of the well-known incidents recorded in the pre- and post-election periods, as well as on the voting day. And these incidents were first of all caused by their own efforts. This once again comes to prove that Ter-Petrosyan and his political team had, from the outset, put their pledge not in the task of winning in the February 19 elections, but rather, in the goal of provoking a political instability and a revolution inside the country by using the pre- and post-electoral processes. And when that goal fell flat, they turned out to have no serious argument and absolutely nothing to say with regard to the elections.
From now on, the only “achievement” Ter-Petrosyan can be proud of is the “bloody debauch” that took place on March 1-2. Nevertheless, due to his activity, he did manage to cause a great harm to Armenia’s reputation. And now he demands an international inquiry into the March 1 events, with the purpose of extorting political dividends from there.
There are clear-cut reasons for that: the country’s internal political situation is stabilizing unflinchingly and the major part of society have returned to their routine work as a result of which a week after declaring a state of emergency there has started a process of eliminating the temporary restrictions in the capital city. In particular, the emergency state requirement for suspending the activity of political parties is no longer in effect, and steps are being undertaken towards eliminating the restrictions on the work of the Mass Media.
The attempts of receiving the international community’s support with the purpose of speculating the elections testify to the fact that Ter-Petrosyan has nothing else to do in a country which is returning to the normal course of its development. He has accomplished his “minimum program” by playing with Armenia’s international rating and reputation and is now trying to “export” all that and make Armenia a subject of international-political speculations.
The presidential elections are no longer subject to discussions. There are serious challenges in store for Armenia in the near future, and tremendous work will be needed for overcoming them. All the political forces and individuals concerned about Armenia’s future are being involved in those activities by the country’s new leadership. Not only the ruined streets and squares but also the mutual trust among the people is being restored. Thus, even though at the cost of certain losses, the Armenian leadership and people find strength enough to overcome all the difficulties we encountered in the course of the rapid post-electoral developments.
ARMEN TSATOURYAN

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Hay wrote:
Soon you will go back to same page and rewrite it...
66 days before | remove (5) | reply
Henry wrote:
Armenia turns a page BUT ARMENIANS DO NOT.
We, Armenians, will not turn the page until our history books mention Robert and Serj and genocidal criminals against their nation.
You will see. Then the guy who wrote this artcile will regret. That day it will be too late. Robert and Serj will be drinking a cocktail in a foreign country and making fun of the type of idiots who believed in them. As to Armen the journalist here is what I tell him:
Armen djan, the day will come soon when you will be running away from Armenia to give your chilren a better life.
Stand up. Don't play in their hands.

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