DISABLED MUST HAVE CHANCE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS
Panorama.am
16:16 15/11/2007
"We developed a special election order at the consent of the Central
Electoral Committee before May parliamentary elections. However, it
did not serve its aim," Suren Ohanyan, chairman of "Disabled persons
rights protection" NGO, told a news conference today.
In his words, the procedures aimed for blind people.
"There were special cardboard with the help of which the blind could
vote. Many thought, they were coded papers and later it would be
known who voted for whom.
Therefore, many did not accept that procedure," Ohanyan said. He
said in the upcoming presidential elections, they are going to be
more consistent and assure people that they are following the law.
Jemma Baghdasaryan, department head at the ministry of employment and
social affairs, said facilities are going to be built at the election
communities to ensure that the people with disabilities can enter
the buildings.