ARKA News Agency, Armenia
May 13 2007
CIS OBSERVATION MISSION HEAD: THESE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN
ARMANIA ORGANIZED BETTER THAN THOSE OF 2003
YEREVAN, May 13. /ARKA/. These parliamentary elections were organized
better than those of 2003, Vladimir Rushaylo, head of CIS observation
mission, said on Sunday at a press conference.
In his words, these elections are netter organized that previous.
Rushaylo said "ideal and sterile elections are conducted nowhere".
In his opinion, it is more important whether mass election
irregularities were recorded and whether they affected final results.
Rushaylo said the observers have received no information about such
irregularities though they point out some problematic matters in
their summarizing statement. However, Armenian legislative bodies
should deal with these matters at their own discretion, he added.
22 parties and one bloc competed for seats in National Assembly.
According to Armenian Police Department’s figures 2 million 285
thousand 830 people are eligible to vote.
13 thousand 808 representatives of 53 local organization and 767
members of six international missions observed the elections.
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