YOU MUST SPOIL BEFORE YOU SPIN, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Lena Badeyan

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| 17:52:07 | 10-09-2005 | Politics |

The election to the local self-government start in several days. This
time the Electoral Code which came into force on July 20 will be put
into operation. However certain faults have been already found.

According to Emin Yeritsyan, the chairman of Council of Communities
public organization, the first and principal fault is the order of
compiling the electoral rolls. “The responsibility is put upon the
police department on passport and visa. However they failed to provide
the needed quality”, he said.

Taking into consideration these facts we addressed chairman of the
Central Election Committee, author of some amendments to the electoral
rolls Garegin Azaryan, who is convinced in positive outcomes. “The
assessment of the work is not included in the authority of a
public organization. I am conviced that the decision to pass the
responsibility to another empowered body was corrent. I admit that
there really exist some faults but they will be corrected within next
40 days”, he said.

Anyway both parties are convinced that no violations will be fixed in
the course of the election. G. Azaryan noted that during 2.5 election
to the local self-government were held rather successfully.

May the reviewed Electoral Code be violated when it’s first used? Our
interlocutors hold different opinion on this question. “The presence
of several opposite parts supposes that each part will first of all
look for a loophole”, Emin Yeritsyan considers. “Law can always be
violated and it does not depend on its faults. Tha fact is that our
candidates do not have proper electoral culture and in case they are
defeated they try to arrogate their own mistakes to the unsatisfactory
work of the election committees or the faults of the Electoral Code.

Nevertheless G. Azaryan is convinced that the laws can be reviewed
constantly “our Electoral Code gives the possiblity to hold elections
meeting democratic standards”.