MIKHAIL KROTOV: RA ELECTORAL CODE CORRESPONDS TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
armradio.am
16.01.2008 15:04
On January 16 Speaker of the National assembly of the Republic
of Armenia Tigran Torosyan received the Secretary General of the
CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA) Mikhail Krotov. The meeting
was attended by the Armenian Permanent Representative at the CIS
Interparliamentary Assembly Felix Ghushchyan.
The discussions focused on the forthcoming presidential elections in
Armenia. Speaker Tigran Torosyan expressed hope that these will not
be less successful than the parliamentary ones and will correspond
to international standards, enabling the observers to register good
results. Mr. Torosyan attached importance to the work of the CIS IPA
observation mission, which had its contribution to the successful
conduct of the parliamentary elections in May.
On behalf of the President of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly
and himself Mikhail Krotov congratulated Mr. Torosyan on New Year and
wished a democratic year to Armenia. He informed that after receiving
an invitation to carry out an observation mission, a group comprised
of 10 experts has been formed, and in early February it will conduct
an interim monitoring.
Mr. Krotov confirmed that they studied the Electoral Code of the
Republic of Armenia still during the parliamentary elections, they
are aware of the changes implemented in November and consider that
the Code has been maximally improved and corresponds to international
standards, thus creating good legal bases for best organization of the
elections. According to his assessment, the Electoral Code provides
the opportunity to increase the voter turnout, improve the voting
lists and prevent the electoral frauds.
Mr. Krotov also informed that in February the head of the observation
mission Anatoli Torshin intends to have meetings with the leadership
of Armenia, the President of the Central Electoral Commission and
those presidential contenders who wish so.