Text of report by Armenian news agency Arminfo
Yerevan, 22 June: The 19 June parliamentary elections in the Nagornyy Karabakh republic [NKR] were conducted in an atmosphere of free dialogue. This is how Arshak Sadoyan, leader of the Union of National Democrats and an MP from the opposition Justice bloc, described the parliamentary elections in the NKR today.
The MP said he was satisfied with getting a Niva jeep right after arriving in Stepanakert [Xankandi] as an observer two days prior to the voting. Thanks to that he and his colleague from the Union of National Democrats, Mamikon Mneyan, managed to visit 13 polling stations in Stepanakert, Mardakert [Agdara], Askeran [Askaran] and even in Agdam District on the election day.
Sadoyan admitted that although he had “hinted” in his conversations with members of the electoral commissions that they tell him about any pressure on them or on the usage of administrative resources, nobody told him anything of the sort. The shortcomings noted by Sadoyan during the elections were of technical nature – some polling stations were overcrowded and voters in the country were unaware of the notion of proportional representation.
“Compared with the outrage which took place during all the elections in Armenia starting from 1991, all this can be dismissed as completely insignificant details,” Sadoyan said.
Commenting on the defeat of the bloc of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation – Dashnaktsutyun [ARFD] and Movement-88 in the elections, he said that the ARFD has to look for the roots of its defeat in the victory of the ARFD candidate in the Stepanakert mayor elections.
“Voters told me – a year on and nothing has changed. Many were puzzled – the ARFD is in the ruling coalition in Armenia but it is an opposition party in Karabakh. All this misunderstanding played its role during the elections,” Sadoyan said.
Source: Arminfo, Yerevan, in Russian 1209 gmt 22 Jun 05
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