 united states commission on security and cooperation in europe helsinki commission holds hearing armenia after the election  below is the complete list of statements and testimonies made during the hearings statement rep alcee hastings rfl statement rep christopher smith rnj statement sen ben cardin dmd testimony matt bryza us state department testimony vigen sargsyan government rep testimony arman grigorian opposition rep testimony written giorgi gogia human rights watch unofficial transcript select quotes from chairman hastings if mr sargsyan you tell me there are no political prisoners then i will tell you that you re out of your everloving mind because there are now one need not live but just a little while to remember the 1996 election and the acknowledgement of the then internal minister that the election results were rigged which by any logic would question the moral authority of mr ter petrossian to raise question about rigged elections i will work hard as i have to try to help armenia but i m not so sure that i will do it from either of your vantage points i will do it from an armenian vantage point not from the vantage point of one side against another side all of you have good points and all of you have bad points so if i ve offended you it s deliberate  