Group of activists disrupted news conference of European election watchdog in Yerevan
19.02.2013,
16:23
A group of activists disrupted Tuesday a news conference of the European election observers in Yerevan rushing into Armenia-Marriott hall, the venue place, Novosti-Armenia reporter informs.
YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. A group of activists disrupted Tuesday a news conference of the European election observers in Yerevan rushing into Armenia-Marriott hall, the venue place, Novosti-Armenia reporter informs.
The activists said they do not support any political force and claimed not to recognize the final results as the voter fraud hit the elections..
The observers left the hall immediately interrupting their speech.
The activists are said to break into the hall while PACE delegation head Karin Woldseth was declaring the election process was the best in comparison to the previous elections, and the voting was smooth though some violations had been reported.
She said the PACE observers noted progress in legislation segment, freedom of speech and meeting. High turnout proved people want to hold democratic elections, she added.
At the same time, the European observers reported a number of flaws, particularly, administrative resources misapplication, passport ink seal issues.
A technical break is under way at the news conference venue right now. The activists are making spontaneous statements claiming not to recognize the elections.
Serzh Sargsyan won the second term with 58,64% of electoral votes (861 378 )leaving behind his main opponent Raffi Hovannisian with 36.74 % (539 674 electoral votes). --0-
