A NUMBER OF NGOS INTENDS TO GIVE CONSULTATION CONCERNING ELECTORAL
PROCESS TO RA CITIZENS
YEREVAN, MARCH 19, NOYAN TAPAN. A number of Armenian public
organizations will give free legal consultation to RA citizens on the
threshold of the May 1 parliamentary elections and after them, within
the framework of the cooperation entitled "Legal Initiative: Elections
2007." Natalia Martirosian, the Co-Chairwoman of the Helsinki
Citizens’ Assembly Armenian Committee stated about it at the March 17
gathering of the mentioned NGO heads. In her words, the process of
holding the elections, as a rule, affects on formation of the civil
society. That’s why, as N. Martirosian mentioned, they intend to
inform politically active citizens about their electoral rights and
methods of protecting those rights with the help of discussions and
courses.
N. Martirosian stated that to implement legal consultation, a hot line
will function from April 1 to June 1 in the whole territory of the
RA. The hot line phone number will serve "as a mean of getting
information concerning alleged law violances and falsifications."
The "Youth Center of Democratic Initiatives," "Armenian Center for
Human Rights Protection after A.Sakharov," Gyumri "Progress"
University Legal Clinics, "Against Legal Wilfulness" NGO and other
organizations are among the founder NGOs of the initiative.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
