CIS IPA OBSERVERS SAY THAR THEY WILL BE HONEST BUT CANNOT BE ABSOLUTELY
IMPARTIAL

YEREVAN, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN. "We are going to be honest observers
but we cannot be absolutely impartial as we are very interested in
the upcoming parliametary elections’ promoting the lasting stability
and prosperity of Armenia." Stanislav Chernyavski, Director of the
International Institute of Monitoring of CIS Countries Parliamentarism,
Democratization and Citizens’ Suffrage Protection, made this statement
during the April 20 press conference in the RA National Assembly. At
the same time he expressed confidence that the conclusion of the CIS
Interpariamentary Assembly (IPA) will be an objective one.

Since March 1, a mission composed of about 30 representatives
of the institute has been observing the pre-electoral process in
Armenia. Parliamentarians and political figures from CIS countries
will also come to Armenia 3-4 days before the voting day in order to
implement a short observer mission. In response to NT correspondent’s
question, it was noted that the observer missions of the CIS IPA and
Executive Committee will be figuratively "two columns of our troops".

Alexander Torshin, Head of the CIS IPA observer mission, Vice
Chairman of the RF Federal Assembly’s Federation Council, said that
the delegation headed by him witnessed many interesting facts during
a two-day visit to Armenia.

Particularly, the matter concerns the availability of the voter
register at the website of the RA Central Electoral Commission, the
creation of a working group within the prosecutor’s office to deal
with shortcomings and violations revealed in the electoral process,
as well as the absence of any hostility among various political
forces participating in the elections, which, in his words, is an
unprecedented phenomenon compared with other countries, in which
their organization has implemented observer mission.