EUROPEAN EXPERTS TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA IN EARLY SEPTEMBER TO DISCUSS
DRAFT ELECTORAL CODE
YEREVAN, AUGUST 24, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the preliminary
agreement, experts of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
and of the OSCE corresponding office will arrive in Armenia in early
September to jointly discuss with the Armenian parliamentarians the
draft amendments to the Electoral Code.
The mentioned experts’ those 5-6 proposals concerning the draft, on
which the political forces of the Parliament have no common approach,
will especially become the subject of the working discussions. Besides,
it’s envisaged to discuss jointly with the experts issues connected
with the votion order and appeal. NA Speaker Tigran Torosian stated
about it at the August 23 press conference. According to his words,
a work is being done at present in the direction of forming and
registering in the draft all those proposals of the experts concerning
which the working group consisting of the NA group and factions
representatives has had no objections. The NA Speaker also informed
that another draft on amendments to the Electoral Code was put into
the NA official circulation on the day of the press conference. NA
Deputy Victor Dallakian proposes by the draft to form the NA by 100%
proportional electoral order.
Presenting problems connected with the NA activity, T.Torosian
expressed an opinion that the autumn session work to start in early
September will be rather intensive what is provided by the necessity
that the constitutional amendments are reflected in the legislation. In
his words, the above-mentioned problems must be solved in the next,
2007 spring session as the latter will not be full, connected with
the parliament elections.