ARTUR BAGHDASARIAN: WE HAVE ALREADY EXHAUSTED POSSIBILITIES OF HOLDING ELECTIONS BY OUTLINED AND FALSIFIED SCENARIOS

Noyan Tapan
Apr 04 2006

YEREVAN, APRIL 4, NOYAN TAPAN. A European expert group will pay a
visit to Armenia in the coming month for the purpose of working with
the Armenian parliamentarians on the draft amendments and additions
to the Electoral Code.

Extra-parliamentary and civil society representatives will be
also involved. RA National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasarian
informed Noyan Tapan correspondent about it. According to him, the
above-mentioned draft has been already sent to the CE Venice Commission
and to OSCE. It is rather large and envisages over 100 amendments
and additions. According to NA Speaker, they are serious changes
of both editorial and “political character.” He did not exclude the
draft’s revision and the possibility of accepting the reservations
of the groups and factions during the future discussions. “We have
already exhausted the possibilities of holding elections by outlined
and falsified scenarios,” NA Speaker emphasized.