Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
May 11 2007

Armenian CEC made a decision on depriving the `Gyumri’ NGO of the
right to realize an observation mission

Yerevan, May 11. /Mediamax/. The Central Electoral Commission (CEC)
of Armenia made a decision today on depriving the `Gyumri’ student
NGO of the right to realize an observation mission during the
parliamentary elections of May 12.

Mediamax reports that the CEC Chairman Garegin Azarian stated today
that the leaders of the `Gyumri’ student NGO Karen Petrosian and
Gharib Harutiunian were involved in propaganda of the candidate of
`Dashink’ Party Martun Grigorian.

During the session of CEC, the representative of `Justice’ opposition
bloc Felix Khachatrian proposed to deprive of the right for
observation mission not the very NGO, but only the defaulter
representatives.

Nevertheless, CEC made a decision by a majority on depriving the
`Gyumri’ student NGO of the right to realize an observation mission
during the parliamentary elections of May 12.–0–