OVER 70 CALLS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY FREE HOT TELEPHONE LINE ‘LEGAL INITIATIVE: ELECTION 2008’ SINCE JANUARY 15

2008-02-07 15:13:00

ArmInfo. Over 70 calls have been received by the free hot telephone
line "Legal Initiative: Election 2008" since January 15. As the
Initiative’s lawyer Karen Andreasyan said at today’s press-conference
in "Urbat" club, this number exceeds today the number of calls received
during and after the parliamentary election 2007. Presently, most of
the calls concern the issue of participation in the election in case
if the factual residence place does not meet the registration place
(33) or under absence of passport or availability of a document of
Soviet example (6).

K. Andreasyan recalled that free legal consultation and assistance
to RA population is rendered by telephone number 080-080-804. He also
said that letters were sent to all the presidential contenders telling
about readiness of the "Legal Initiative: Election 2008" to render them
legal assistance, if necessary. Free consultation was provided so far
to Arman Melikyan, who earlier appealed to the Constitutional Court to
cancel February 26, 2007, alterations and amendments to RA Electoral
Code, "which hinder the rights of RA citizens living abroad to vote"
(to recall, RA CC refused to consider the suit). Moreover, member of
the "Republic" party’s political council Artak Zeynalyan, as well as
coordinator of the group on monitoring of violations of the election
legislation of Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s central campaign headquarters
Ruben Torosyan also addressed for a free legal consultation. As
K. Andreasyan said, they were interested, first of all, in steps
which may be taken in case of revelation of violations during the
election. To note, the hot line will function till March 15, 2008.