 election fraud civil society awakening and the diaspora s role monday april 8 2013 1800 2000 h street nw washington district of columbia 20052 united states on april 8 2013 policy forum armenia pfa organized a roundtable discussion on election fraud civil society awakening and the diaspora s role which took place at the george washington university law school in washington dc speakers included pfa executive board member dr zaven kalayjian chairman of armenian bar association garo ghazarian esq and civil society activist alex sardar dr hrach gregorian president of institute of world affairs moderated the discussion in his presentation pfa s dr kalayjian presented   pfa s analysis  of february 2013 presidential election in armenia that shed light on the mechanics of the election fraud and supplemented it by findings of other independent analysts aba s chairman garo ghazarian talked about violations that he observed during the election campaign like illegal use of public buildings for campaign posters and abuse of administrative power by the ruling party civil society activist alex sardar talked about fraud and intimidation at the polling stations during the election as well as the role of activists and the diaspora in the future of armenia   a lively questionandanswer session followed  video  download zaven  kalayjian  s presentation  pictures from the event are availabel from the photo gallery   