ARMENIAN PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT "IMPORTANT IS THE NATURE OF VIOLATIONS AND THE TIMELY REACTION OF THE AUTHORITIES"
Mediamax
February 29, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Yerevan, February 29. /Mediamax/. Armenian
President Robert Kocharian stated today that before the elections,
the authorities had carried out "huge work" on making the electoral
legislation meet the international standards.
Mediamax reports that, holding a meeting with the students of Yerevan
State University (YSU) today, Robert Kocharian stated that practically
all the counsels of the international experts were taken into account,
except for the recommendation on using special ink for finger-marking
the electors.
Robert Kocharian believes that such innovation would lead to a
considerable decrease of the number of electors.
The Armenian President stressed that "there cannot be perfect
elections, violations exist everywhere, important is the nature of
violations and the timely reaction of the authorities".
Robert Kocharian noted that in the official website of the Armenian
General Prosecutor’s Office, information is provided on the work of
law-enforcement bodies on investigating all the facts of violations.