Parliamentary Elections

[Zartonk]

Guys, I have to disagree, Armenia needs non corrupted elections, and more Turks there, the better to expose corruption. It is true that Turkish election is corrupted, but they will sure be more critical of Armenia's election and this can only be good for Armenia's democracy. They need critical people.

 

I agree that the elections have to be monitored, but by someone more competent than Turkey. I mean there are many, many states that qualify for the jobs before them. And if Turks were to monitor, the corruption of our politics would be overtly instigated and blown out of proportion. I think it's pure sabotage. Acceptance would have been in their favor, and the rejection obviously favors them now.

 

[Takoush]

In another words Zartonk; it was a catch 22 matter or rather no win situation for us. But I still think it's better that we reject them than to have them exploiting us or blown out of proportion our internal affairs.

[DominO123]

 

I agree that the elections have to be monitored, but by someone more competent than Turkey. I mean there are many, many states that qualify for the jobs before them. And if Turks were to monitor, the corruption of our politics would be overtly instigated and blown out of proportion. I think it's pure sabotage. Acceptance would have been in their favor, and the rejection obviously favors them now.

 

 

 

Zartonk, it is 8 potential very critical eyes which they got rid of. How I see it is the government after the last elections irregularities is using the "Turkish" argument to bare access to 8 critical observers, and this is how others will see it. We have no evidence that those observers will fabricate reports, we don't have to make this politic when it is about monitoring the democratic process in Armenia. The government should not get away with it by simply claiming that Turkey bare access. Did they request replacing those 8 observers? Will they be replaced? The democratic process in Armenia is much more important than the blocked frontier. I don't think in those circumstances saying to them, check on your own court is constructive, maybe our concern is not Turkey's democracy, but Armenia's should be.

 

 

[phantom22]

11 May 2007, 16:18

Yerevan mayor’s office tries to appropriate local synagogue - Jewish community

 

Yerevan, May 11, Interfax - Yerevan mayor’s office decided to appropriate the land of the local Jewish community center, Mordechai Navi.

 

A few days ago Armenian Jewish community received a letter from the city council, according to which the community building was to be appropriated by the state, the Jewish News Agency reported on Friday.

 

‘Taking into consideration that synagogues are very important for Jewish communities as centers or their revival and existence, the government’s effort to rob the community of its heart is not the best decision,’ Chief Rabbi of Armenia Gersh Meir-Burshtein said in his letter to the Armenian Government and Yerevan mayor’s office.

 

He noted that Armenian Jews had already had their synagogue and cemetery stolen by the Soviet regime, ant this loss had not been compensated under the new democratic Armenia.

 

However the Jewish community demonstrated their ‘citizens’ understanding’ by raising funds to buy a small community center building ‘without awaiting for compensations from the Yerevan city council.’

 

Armenian Jewish community center is located in Yerevan includes a prayer room, a charitable refectory and a weekend school.

 

 

[hosank]

alright..

but does anyone now why they are taking over the building?

[abass80]

a video about the election results from al jazeera english!