CIS observers: presidential elections in Armenia in line with electoral code

YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. The presidential elections in Armenia
are proceeding in line with the provisions of the acting Electoral
Code, Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS) and the Head of the CIS observer mission in the presidential
elections Sergey Lebedev said.

During his meeting with Armenia’s President Robert Kocharyan Lebedev
said that CIS observers are carrying out their mission in different
polling station, and talk to members of electoral commissions and
authorized representatives of the contenders, the presidential press
service reported.

President Kocharyan, in his turn, said that the authorities have taken
all the required measure to ensure normal elections in the country.

The interlocutors expressed confidence that the elections will be
held successfully, quietly and with no incidents.

During their meeting Kocharyan and Lebedev also addressed the informal
summit of CIS-member countries to be held in Moscow on February 22.

On Tuesday February 19 national presidential elections are held in
Armenia with nine candidates running for presidency. All 1,923 polling
stations are open for voters from 8:00am to 8:00pm local time.

According to the country’s Police, 2,328,320 voters have the right
to participate in the countrywide voting.

About 14,000 observers from 39 local and 6 international organizations
are watching the course of the elections in the country. N.V. -0–