420 TRANSPARENT BALLOT-BOXES PROVIDED FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN NKR

STEPANAKERT, June 11. /ARKA/. The Central Electoral Committee of
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has adopted a number of orders and decrees,
including the decision on election campaign in connection with the
forthcoming Parliamentary elections on June 19 in Nagorno-Karabakh,
stated Sergey Nasibyan, the head of the Central Electoral Committee of
NKR at today’s press conference in Stepanakert.

According to him, 420 transparent ballot-boxes had been delivered to
NKR, the voting papers are being prepared and would be given to the
Committees in accordance with the term set by the law.. “At present,
105 single candidates, 6 parties and 1 party bloc are currently
struggling for seats in the Parliament. 5 of 111 registered by the
majority system have withdrawn their candidatures”, said Nasibyan.
274 polling stations have been created on NKR territory, 1 polling
station is functioning in the Permanent representation of NKR in
Armenia. To date, 30 applications have been received from the
observers. On the whole, about 130 observer missions from different
countries will follow and cover the elections.

Applications have already been received from Russia, Armenia, the
Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and the USA. L.V.-0–