PRESENTATION OF MANUALS ON ELECTORAL PROCESSES IN ARMENIA TAKES PLACE
ON MARCH 26
YEREVAN, MARCH 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Presentation of manual "On Electoral
Legislation and Electoral Administration" and guide "For Members of
District Electoral Commissions" took place on March 26 at Congress
hotel of Yerevan. At the beginning of the event the participants stood
in one-minute silence to respect the memory of RA Prime Minister
Andranik Margarian who died suddenly. The manuals’ authors are
experts of Democracy NGO who cooperated with CEC. The manuals were
compiled and financed by the OSCE Yerevan Office and Italian
government. Each manual’s circulation is 20 thousand copies. As
co-author Hrayr Tovmasian, candidate of law, mentioned, the guide "For
Members of District Electoral Commissions" will serve as a procedure
guide for organizing commissions’ activities in accordance with RA
Electoral Code and CEC decisions. And the 8-10 thousand copies of
manual "On Electoral Legislation and Electoral Administration" are
intended for wide circles of society, including media, political
organizations, NGOs, police. The authors hope that the manual giving
all-embracing description and analysis of elections and RA legislation
related to the electoral law, international documents, experience and
standards will promote rise of electoral culture in Armenia. In the
words of Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, head of OSCE Yerevan Office,
and Roberto Nacella, Charge d’Affaires of Italy to Armenia, the
decision to jointly finance the manuals is greatly conditioned by
intention to promote development of democracy and holding of free and
fair elections in Armenia.