FIRST SITTING OF NEWLY-COMPOSED RA CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO
TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 6

YEREVAN, JULY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The first sitting of the RA
newly-composed Central Electoral Commission will take place on August
6 and the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman and the Secretary of the
Commission will be elected during this sitting.

The Central Electoral Commission will be composed of one member from
each of the following parties: the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA),
the "Bargavatch Hayastan" (Prosperous Armenia), the ARF Dashnaktsutiun,
the "Orinats Yerkir" (Country of Law), and the "Zharangutiun"
(Heritage) parties, as well as one person appointed by the RA
President. In addition to this, two members from the staff of judicial
servants will be appointed by the Council of the Chairmen of the RA
Courts and included in the staff of the Central Electoral Commission.

According to the information provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent
by Hovsep Khurshudian, the Spokesperson of the "Zharangutiun" party,
this party will be represented in the Central Electoral Commission by
Zoya Tadevosian, a Doctor of Economics and an assistant professor in
the State University of Economics of Armenia. Abram Bakhchagulian,
the Deputy Chairman of the acting commission, will represent the
RPA party in the Central Electoral Commission by the decision of
the RPA Board. Irrespective of the fact that the "Orinats Yerkir"
party has not made an official decision as yet, Sona Sargsian, the
current member of the Central Electoral Commission, is most likely
to continue the fulfilment of her obligations, according to Susanna
Abrahamian, the Spekeswoman of the party.

The names of the other members to be appointed in the Central
Electoral Commission will be published in the near future as soon as
the corresponding bodies make their decisions.