IFES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION JOINTLY WITH RA CEC AND RA POLICE CARRY OUT PROJECT FOR ‘SPECIFICATION’ OF VOTING LISTS

Arminfo
2007-03-05 15:56:00

The IFES International Organization jointly with the RA CEC and the
RA Police carry out a project for "specification" of voting lists on
the eve of parliamentary elections in the country.

During today’s discussions in the "Armenia" hotel, the Head of the
Programs, being realized in Armenia by IFES Organization, Chedomir
Flego, informed that the IFES has been implementing a three-year
program "Reformation of Election Processes and the Electoral
Administration" in Armenia since October 1, 2005, under financial
assistance of USAID. The Program is aimed at assisting in reformation
of the country’s election system. The main directions of the Program
are the registration of voters, their information and the electoral
administration. The key task of the Project is assistance in compiling
the most complete and objective register of the domestic voters,
Chedomir Flego noted.

In his turn, the U.S. Charge d’Affairs to Armenia Anthony Godfrey
said that the American Government highly appreciates the readiness
of the Armenian governmental structures for cooperation in "putting
the voting list in order". "I hope the lists will be finally edited
and will enjoy the society’s confidence", A. Godfrey noted. He also
informed that groups of volunteers will work in all the regions of
Armenia and in Yerevan. They will visit the voters’ houses and work
with them over the lists.

In his turn, the first deputy Head of RA Police, Lieutenant-General
Ararat Makhtesyan called the work over the voting lists a first step
in holding fir and free elections in the country. According to him,
the Armenian policemen are set a task to release the lists of the "dead
souls" and of the citizens absent in the country. The chairman of the
Armenia’s Central Election Committee Garegin Azaryan emphasized that
Armenia is presently the only country in the South Caucasian region
which possesses a single register of voters placed in Internet. He
also expressed hope that a Consultative Commission for compiling the
voting lists, being formed within the frames of IFES, will contribute
to their final "putting in order".

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress