A. Bakhchagulian Says The Municipal Elections Of Yerevan Passed In A

A. BAKHCHAGULIAN SAYS THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS OF YEREVAN PASSED IN A FAIR AND TRANSPARANT WAY

ARMENPRESS
June 1, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS: The May 31 Municipal elections of Yerevan
were conducted in a fair and transparent way, secretary of Central
Electoral Commission Abram Bakhchagulian said during today’s meeting
with journalists.

According to him, during the elections publicity was ensured,
the Central Electoral Commission applied an inner net through
which the electoral commissions of polling stations operatively
conveyed information on the process of elections and calculation of
votes. A. Bakhchagulian noted that the representatives of polling
station commissions and Central Electoral Commissions gave a fast
respond to the flaws and violations registered in the polling stations
by visiting the place of incident and rectifying them.

9:00-14:00 o’clock is the deadline for presenting the
application-complaints to the commissions of electoral
constituencies. A. Bakhchagulian said that after their discussion it
will become clear what kind of flaws and violations took place and
whether they had an impact on the results of elections or not.

A. Bakhchagulian considers the 52% of participation in the elections
as a high result.