CEC members met with representatives of RA Police and Prosecutor
General’s Office
ArmRadio.am
07.05.2007 17:17
Representatives of the Central and District Electoral Commissions of
Armenia and representatives of Police and the Prosecutor General’s
Office of Armenia discussed issues of organization of parliamentary
elections of May 12, Mediamax reports.
The Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia
Garegin Azarian, the Deputy Prosecutor General Gevork Danielyan and
the Deputy Head of Police Hovhannes Varyan were present at the
meeting.
`CEC works within the framework of the Electoral Code, however, we
need the help and assistance of the law-enforcement bodies,’ Garegin
Azaryan stated.
The Deputy Head of the Armenian Police Hovhannes Varyan stated that on
the day of elections the public order will be secured by 8000
policemen. He informed that all the publishing houses, where the
ballots are being published, are already under the supervision of the
Police. Starting from May 11, the Police will also start guarding all
the 1.923 polling stations.
The Deputy Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevork Danielian clarified
the differences between the frauds, which can take place during the
elections.
`The violations are divided into two categories ` concerning the
electoral right of the citizens and the ones resulting in criminal
responsibility,’ he noted, adding that `when we talk about he
electoral right, we mean only the subjective violations, which have
nothing to do with the legal norms.’
