The National Olympic Committee of Armenia does not recognize the results of election of the head of Volleyball Federation, as the election were held with numerous fraud and omissions, the statement by the NOC says.
The key principle of the Federation - the independence of the structure from executive and legislative power - was broken over the election, the statement says. The authors of the statement think that the election of the head of the Volleyball Federation, as a result of which Artur Bagdasaryan was elected, were held in the wrong place, i.e. at the building of Armenia's National Security Service which is not available for the community and mass media. "Even President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, which is the head of Chess Federation, holds sessions of the Federation in the Chess House", - the statement says.
Armenia's NOC warns that such election may result in the international scandal in the sports world. "The personal benefit of some persons should not affect the image of the country", - the statement says.
To note, the head of Armenia's National Security Council, the leader of the Orinats Yerkir Party, Artur Bagdasaryan, was elected the head of Volleyball Federation on 19 October. This caused displeasure of the head of the NOC, the head of the Prosperous Armenia Party, Gagik Tsarukyan, as he was not aware of the election, and the fact that Bagdasaryan has become the head of the Volleyball Federation, was a surprise for him.