Sitting President wins Armenia election draw but serious concerns raised by opposition parties

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Armenian president re-elected but rival defiant

AFP – Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday celebrated a crushing victory in elections for a second five-year mandate, but his rival refused to recognise the result and observers complained the polls lacked competition. Sarkisian, a shrewd former military officer in power since 2008

Members of a high level team of foreign parliamentary experts invited by the Armenian Free Society Institute to assess Armenia’s adherence to international election standards today declared the 18 Feb. presidential election to be “generally free.”