One of the friends of Ruben Hovsepian who was elected as the head of Ajapnyak community, spoke about the elections elucidating it.
– 18932 voters of Ajapnyak from 75188 took part in the elections. This low figure is explained in the following way: people didn\’t want to participate in an election the results of which were determined beforehand.
– I think this figure is exaggerated. Our adherents were visiting homes and we knew that a lot of doors were closed. For example, 15-20% of the inhabitants of the 16th block are out of Armenia. Not counting those absent inhabitants the participation of 19000 voters is a usual electoral process. Besides, Ruben Hovsepian\’s electoral headquarter had decided at the beginning that there would be no electoral bribe, and free and transparent elections would be held.
– But let me cite Gagik Sargsian\’s statement that was also the candidate for the head of the community that Ruben Hovsepian\’s adherents gave 100000Drams to repair the elevator. This ARF candidate was declaring before the elections that R. Hovsepian would threaten the voters, and affirmed that he kept the voters in awe.
– It is simply shameful the behavior of some of our politicians who declare without any proof about the awe the inhabitants of Ajapniak were kept in, when the whole community was in peace on October 29. No incident happened there, no problem was raised.
– Your rivals admit that there was no filling, falsifications. But it is stressed that you have brought voters to the polling station by cars.
– Some voters have been brought to the polling stations because the school in the 15th block was repairing and the polling station was removed to another school. By the way, those voters might vote in favor of Gagik Sargsian or Ishkhan Arshakian. You know very well that they can vote whom they want.
– You mentioned beforehand that this election proved that people “were spoiled” by the electoral bribe.
– Our inhabitants aren\’t guilty, they come, suggest, the citizens take because of bad social conditions. I think a group of voters didn\’t come, as the electoral bribe hadn\’t been given.