CIS INTERPARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY’S MONITORING MISSION POSITIVELY ESTIMATES PROCESS OF PREPARATION FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN RA
Noyan Tapan
Apr 20 2007
YEREVAN, APRIL 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving on April 20 Vice-Chairman of
Federal Council of RF Federal Assembly, Alexander Torshin and Secretary
General of CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Mikhail Krotov, RA President
Robert Kocharian once more emphasized government’s resolution in the
issue of organizing elections meeting international standards and
creating proper conditions for implementation of monitoring missions.
According to the report provided to Noyan Tapan from RA President’s
Press Office, A. Torshin and M. Krotov head the delegation of
CIS Interparliamentary Assembly observing Armenian parliamentary
elections. The goal of their visit is to study the process of
organization of preparatory activities for the parliamentary elections.
During the meeting the interlocutors discussed issues related to
the preparatory stage of elections and observation of the electoral
process.
M. Krotov said that Yerevan Office of CIS Interparliamentary Assembly’s
International Institute of Monitoring of Development of Democracy,
Parliamentarianism and Human Rights has been working in Armenia
since March. Its working group consisting of 29 observers presents
weakly accounts on the electoral process to the CIS Interparliamentary
Assembly. In the words of CIS observers, by the first impression the
observation results show that the preparatory activities are done
rather well and the shortcomings of the previous electoral processes
have been mainly corrected."