FORTHCOMING REFORMS OF ELECTORAL LEGISLATION OF ARMENIA MUST AIM TO
ENSURE ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION: GAREGIN AZARIAN
YEREVAN, JULY 20. ARMINFO. The forthcoming reforms of the electoral
legislation of Armenia must aim to ensure electoral administration for
conducting free and fair elections. Chairman of the Central Electoral
Commission of Armenia Garegin Azarian told ARMINFO.
According to him, CEC has prepared a whole package of proposals
concerning the reformation of the Electoral Code of Armenia and if the
National Assembly wants to hear the opinion of the CEC when discussing
the package of reforms of the Electoral Code, then he is ready to
introduce the deputies with his considerations. Azarian thinks that it
is necessary to supply all the electoral districts with computers, and
negotiations is being conducting with OSCE concerning this
problem. Retraining of members of local and regional electoral
committees is necessary, the head of the Central Electoral Commission
of Armenia thinks, and not the political parties, but the power must
appoint the members of the electoral committees. Garegin Azarian is
surprised with the fact that no political party of the country except
the party “New times”, headed by Aram Karapetian, has not expressed a
desire yet to meet and discuss with them the changes in the Electoral
Code.
Concerning the proposals of the Venice Commission of the Council of
Europe concerning the reforms of the electoral system in Armenia
Garegin Azarian informed that he knows them and agree with them almost
100% except the sentence to take a finger-print from the electors.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress