YEREVAN. – The Supreme Body of Armenia’s opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party issued a statement with respect to the country’s presidential election that was conducted on Monday, February 18. 

“The citizens of Armenia proved on February 18 that  their patience has limits. The outburst of the people was the response to the current state of affairs in the country. It was a response to the authorities’ demeanor that they have the support of the absolute majority of the body politic. It became apparent that the majority of the Armenians do not accept the current system of authority.

This time, the coordinated violations during vote-counting complemented the resources that the authorities used during the parliamentary election [in May 2012]. The summing up of the results came to prove our conviction that the elections are predetermined, [and] the assessment of the international observers, predictable.    

The will, which our people manifested on February 18, shall not be encroached upon,” the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party statement reads in particular.