Lragir, Armenia
Feb 18 2008

ALTERNATIVE COUNT OF VOTES

The Heritage Party told reporters on February 18 that on February 19,
the election day, an information center will open at the office of
the party which will release information on turnout and
irregularities every three hours. The party will get information from
its members of the precinct election commissions who will report
information which they will get from the Heritage members from local
election commissions.

Stepan Safaryan, a member of the party, said the Heritage Party has
representatives to all the 1923 election commissions except for a
few. However, the absence of members will be offset by proxies who
will report data from the polling stations. There will be a quick
response group at the office of the party led by Anahit Bakshiyan who
will react to reports of irregularities in Yerevan and the adjacent
areas and will arrive at places. The other members of parliament of
the Heritage faction will visit the regions and observe the voting
without interfering.

Stepan Safaryan also said the Heritage will cooperate closely with
those political forces to which it gave its seats in election
commissions: the All-Armenian Movement, the People’s Party of
Armenia, the Republic Party and the National Self-Determination
Union.