SERGE SARGSIAN: "I BELIEVE THAT MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF PEOPLE SAID “YES" AT REFERENDUM"

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia in April 2007, two months after putting into exploitation RA Defence Ministry's new building complex. Expressing preliminary willingness to take part in the elections, RA Defence Minister Serge Sargsian, in response to a journalist's question, found it difficult to say, in what building he will be after the elections. "Maybe, I will be at home. Everything depends on the fact how much the people will trust us, how many votes we will receive," S.Sargsian declared promising to inform after the Christmas with what political force he will participate in the parliamentary elections.

The Minister estimated the situation formed after the constitutional reforms in Armenia as "normal." In connection with the opposition's demand to recognize the referendum results invalid the Minister mentioned that he returned to Yerevan only yesterday in the evening and isn't aware of the latest events.

At the same time, he expressed an opinion that "several people can constantly express willingness to recognize the referendum results invalid." As for the statements of observers representing the opposition about cases of repeated votings in the army, the Minister said: "It's a lie, nothing of the kind has been ever taken place."

"I consider that the referendum has passed and believe that more than one third of our citizens said "yes," I believe that this is the will of our people," Serge Sargsian declared to journalists.