CEC CHAIRMAN INFORMED THAT THE WHOLE WORK ON ORGANIZATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF FEBRUARY 19 IN ARMENIA "PROCEEDS IN STRICT ACCORDANCE TO THE SCHEDULE"

Mediamax
February 5, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission
(CEC) Armenia Garegin Azarian stated in Yerevan today that the whole
work on organization of the presidential elections of February 19
"proceeds in strict accordance to the schedule".

Mediamax reports that, speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today,
Garegin Azarian stated that the electors’ lists are already hung in
all the 1923 polling stations of the country and urged the citizens
to check the presence of their data.

CEC Chairman noted that in the process of the campaign, the
presidential candidates raise the question of securing secrecy of vote,
in connection with which CEC "with complete responsibility declares
that all the booths for voting in the polling stations correspond to
the international standards and secure the secrecy of vote".

Garegin Azarian stated that there were no serious violations of the
Electoral Code by the candidates in the process of the pre-election
campaign registered. The only violation concerns the terms for
presenting to CEC the statements on the agitation expenditures.

According to Azarian, the statements should have been presented up
till January 31 – the tenth day of the electoral campaign, however
presidential candidates Levon Ter-Petrosian, Artur Baghdasarian,
Tigran Karapetian and Aram Harutiunian violated the given term,
and Vazgen Manukian and Arman Melikian did not present the necessary
information at all.