FREE ELECTIONS ARE FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRACY – EU REPRESENTATIVE IN ARMENIA
Free elections are the foundation of democracy, Onno Simons, First
Advisor of the EU Delegation to Armenia, stated while addressing the
official opening of a seminar of prosecutors and defense attorneys.
The EU representative noted that it is the peoples confidence
which guarantees the legitimacy of the authorities. That is to say,
the electoral fraud investigations are very important in terms of
developing transparency of action and the confidence of the public.
In his turn, Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Armenia Bruce
Donahue noted that elections are the cornerstone of democracy, and
they give legal power to the authorities.
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