RPA, BH AND ARFD USED THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES FOR PURPOSE OF AGITATION, CHOICE IS YOURS NGO STATES
Noyan Tapan
May 08 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Choice is Yours NGO’s observers
registered a number of phenomena causing anxiety during the election
campaign. Haroutiun Hambartsumian, NGO’s Chairman, reported at the
March 8 press conference presenting the report of the organization’s
monitoring mission. Among the violations registered by the mission
are unequal starting conditions for political forces, agitation
activity of state officials accompanied by working visits, use of
administrative resource for the purpose of agitation, exclusion of
alternative elections in some electoral districts, illegal influence
on voters, voter buying in the form of humanitarian aid, facts of
hampering official election campaign, disproportion of election
campaign coverage by media, assymetry of representation of political
forces in electoral commissions, shortcomings in electoral rolls.
A number of facts of use of administrative resource for political
purposes are brought in the report of Choice is Yours NGO. In
particular, RPA’s election campaign in the regions was accompanied
by RA Prime Minister’s visits. RA Ministers and Deputy Ministers of
Science and Education, Agriculture, Health took an active part in
ARFD’s election campaign. The report mentioned that especially RA
Health Minister’s agitation in the regions was accompanied by working
visits." "And Bargavach Hayastan’s election campaign was accompanied by
medical service rendered by groups composed of doctors in the regions."