Ra Ombudsman, Osce/Odhir Observers Discuss Upcoming Elections

RA OMBUDSMAN, OSCE/ODHIR OBSERVERS DISCUSS UPCOMING ELECTIONS

07:07 PM | TODAY | OFFICIAL

Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan received Wednesday Heidi
Tagliavini, Head of the Election Observation Mission of the OSCE
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR)
and Elissavet Karagiannidou, a legal analyst of the mission.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the shortcomings of
the previous parliamentary elections and the preparation for the
forthcoming presidential elections.

Members of the OSCE/ODIHR mission attached importance to the
Ombudsman’s involvement in electoral processes and showed great
interest in the Ombudsman’s report on the parliamentary elections.

Also, they raised a number of issues, including the insufficient
number of local and international observers, the mistrust of the
public in electoral processes, the involvement of the Ombudsman in
the election-related working group, etc.

Heidi Tagliavini voiced hope that the cooperation with the RA
Ombudsman’s Office would be continuous, underlining again that the
OSCE/ODIHR observation mission attaches importance to the work done
by the Ombudsman.

Karen Andreasyan, in his turn, expressed willingness to contribute
to any initiative related to the issues raised during the meeting,
the RA Ombudsman’s Office reports.