Comments on: British Embassy Election Scandal http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:27:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3783 Thu, 03 May 2007 12:33:40 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3783 Incidentally, by your own admission you say you're part of Sksela which is very definitely a pro-opposition group more than it is a simple civil society or youth grouping. At least one its three main organizers is pro-HHSh, and I'm told that another is the son of a former HHSh official, while the third is the son of a senior opposition candidate from a minor political party running in the election. Besides, there appears to be close links between Sksela and Aylentrank/Impeachment. Anyway, feel free to counter my understanding of Sksela from what I've heard and what I've seen. Unfortunately, there is not much transparency at all in place for the organization, and I think everybody understands what the real objective of the group is. Incidentally, by your own admission you say you’re part of Sksela which is very definitely a pro-opposition group more than it is a simple civil society or youth grouping. At least one its three main organizers is pro-HHSh, and I’m told that another is the son of a former HHSh official, while the third is the son of a senior opposition candidate from a minor political party running in the election.

Besides, there appears to be close links between Sksela and Aylentrank/Impeachment. Anyway, feel free to counter my understanding of Sksela from what I’ve heard and what I’ve seen. Unfortunately, there is not much transparency at all in place for the organization, and I think everybody understands what the real objective of the group is.

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3782 Thu, 03 May 2007 12:25:39 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3782 Actually, you're not the only one calling it an "Armenian Watergate," although maybe the others got the idea from you. Interestingly, even a senior official in Orinats Yerkir called it that when I ran into him at the weekend. There you go, you're being read... ;-) Actually, you’re not the only one calling it an “Armenian Watergate,” although maybe the others got the idea from you. Interestingly, even a senior official in Orinats Yerkir called it that when I ran into him at the weekend.

There you go, you’re being read… ;-)

]]> by: Observer http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3780 Thu, 03 May 2007 08:59:39 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3780 in fact - i'm only pro-Armenia, and that, in my view involves pro-Democracy, so I'll work for the type of Armenia I dream about using all legal and illegal means in fact - i’m only pro-Armenia, and that, in my view involves pro-Democracy, so I’ll work for the type of Armenia I dream about using all legal and illegal means

]]> by: Observer http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3779 Thu, 03 May 2007 08:57:52 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3779 Onnik - I'm not pro-opposition, and I'm not anybody's activist, and I'm the only one calling it the Armenian Watergate on my blogs and at E-channel. No offense :) Onnik - I’m not pro-opposition, and I’m not anybody’s activist, and I’m the only one calling it the Armenian Watergate on my blogs and at E-channel.

No offense :)

]]> by: Oneworld Multimedia http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3773 Thu, 03 May 2007 00:24:40 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3773 <strong>Orinats Yerkir&#8217;s Baghdasarian Defiant</strong> Artur Baghdasarian, Orinats Yerkir Campaign Rally, Shengavit, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia for EurasiaNet 2007 Writing for RFE/RL, Emil Danielyan covers yesterday&#8217;s rally by Orinats Yerkir fresh from t... Orinats Yerkir’s Baghdasarian Defiant

Artur Baghdasarian, Orinats Yerkir Campaign Rally, Shengavit, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia for EurasiaNet 2007
Writing for RFE/RL, Emil Danielyan covers yesterday’s rally by Orinats Yerkir fresh from t…

]]> by: Oneworld Multimedia http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3771 Wed, 02 May 2007 23:59:04 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3771 <strong>Parliamentary Election Monitor</strong> Following on from what some civil society and pro-opposition activists are calling an &#8220;Armenian Watergate,&#8221; RFE/RL has an update on the apparent scandal surrounding the clandestine recording of a meeting between Orinats Yerkir party leader... Parliamentary Election Monitor

Following on from what some civil society and pro-opposition activists are calling an “Armenian Watergate,” RFE/RL has an update on the apparent scandal surrounding the clandestine recording of a meeting between Orinats Yerkir party leader…

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3753 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:25:20 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3753 There's an update on this story <a href="http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/29/parliamentary-election-monitor-10/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. There’s an update on this story here.

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3736 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:39:33 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3736 If it wasn't newsworthy, the British Embassy wouldn't have issued an official response to the story so I totally disagree when transparency regarding the elections needs to be applied to all the major players, including the international community. RFE/RL also considered it to be a newsworthy story, as did almost every other media outlet in Armenia. Incidentally, your title of "Armenian Watergate" was a bit melodramatic as Watergate involved the breaking in and entering of a political party headquarters to plant bugs whereas this was the recording of a conversation in a public space where almost anyone could eavesdrop, but anyway. If it wasn’t newsworthy, the British Embassy wouldn’t have issued an official response to the story so I totally disagree when transparency regarding the elections needs to be applied to all the major players, including the international community. RFE/RL also considered it to be a newsworthy story, as did almost every other media outlet in Armenia. Incidentally, your title of “Armenian Watergate” was a bit melodramatic as Watergate involved the breaking in and entering of a political party headquarters to plant bugs whereas this was the recording of a conversation in a public space where almost anyone could eavesdrop, but anyway.

]]> by: Observer http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3735 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:27:56 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3735 This story is just a bubble - I put it in my blog only to advertise the opening of the new E-channel blog, otherwise, it has no value as a newsworthy story. This story is just a bubble - I put it in my blog only to advertise the opening of the new E-channel blog, otherwise, it has no value as a newsworthy story.

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3732 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:21:35 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/04/26/british-embassy-scandal/#comment-3732 There's more coverage on this story over at: http://ditord.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/armenian-watergate-passes-unnoticed/ http://hnazarian.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-juicy-details-about-baghdasarian.html There’s more coverage on this story over at:

http://ditord.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/armenian-watergate-passes-unnoticed/

http://hnazarian.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-juicy-details-about-baghdasarian.html

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