OSCE ODIHR OBSERVERS BELIEVE THAT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSIONS IN ARMENIA ARE "WELL-PREPARED" FOR THE UPCOMING ELECITONS
Mediamax
February 14, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. OSCE ODIHR Observation Mission believes that the
electoral commissions of Armenia are "well-prepared" for the upcoming
presidential elections of February 19.
Mediamax reports that this is said in the second interim report of
the OSCE ODIHR Observation Mission, issued on February 13. The given
reports concerns the period between January 27 and February 9.
"1,923 Precinct Election Commissions (PECs) have been
formed. OSCE/ODIHR observers reported that the PEC training sessions,
which began on 30 January, were well conducted", the report reads.
The report also reads that "The CEC Chair held a press conference in
which he reassured voters of their freedom of choice and the secrecy
of the vote; the Ombudsman made a statement against ‘vote buying’, and
the Prosecutor General made a statement highlighting legal penalties
for election violations".