ARFD rep.: CEC decision on permanent stamps violates secret ballot principle

May 6, 2012 – 19:46 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – ARF Dashnaktsutyun representative Armen Rustamyan
commented on Central Election Commission’s decision to replace
vanishing ink stamps in voters’ passports with ordinary permanent
stamps.

As he noted, on May 5, Armenia’s constitutional court refused to
release the list of voters who’ve cast their ballots, citing violation
of secret ballot principle behind the decision. `Having resolved
against vanishing ink stamps, the Central Election Commission has
violated the decision of the constitutional court,’ ARFD
representative said.

Dwelling on the activity of inter-party electoral headquarters,
Rustamyan noted, `without having as much resources as the government
does, we’re basically doing the work which is the government’s duty to
perform.’