COE: YEREVAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MET EUROPEAN STANDARDS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
01.06.2009 14:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The municipal elections in Yerevan met European
standards in general, head of the monitoring mission of the Congress
of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Mr. Nigel
Mermagen told a news conference on June 1.

"We fixed progress as compared to elections to local government
held in September 2008. Mission members attended 200-230 polling
stations. All shortcomings will be reflected in the resulting report
which will be introduced during Council of Europe’s fall session,"
he said, adding that the CoE wishes Armenia could further develop
and strengthen democracy.

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities was the only
international monitoring mission which observed the elections to
Yerevan city Council on May 31, 2009.