70% OF IFES SPECIALISTS POINTS OUT CORRECT ORGANIZATION OF ADMINISTRATION DURING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
May 30 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Preliminary data of the observation of
the parliamentary elections process in Armenia by the International
Foundation for Election Systems were presented at the discussion
organized on May 30.
As Kenesh Sainazarov, the Elections Coordinator of the IFES Armenian
branch mentioned, 6 working groups were founded to study the process
of the elections. They visited 62 polling stations of Yerevan and 5
marzes. Among the positive results fixed in those polling stations,
he separated correct organization of the administration (70%),
active participation of observers and confidents (78%), absence of
the necessity of presence of the police (90%) as well as the low
index of incorrectnesses of ballot-papers.
As a negative phenomenon, K. Sainazarov mentioned existence of posters
and other materials of the pre-electoral campaign fastened at 5 of
the 62 polling stations, absence of possibility of secret vote (20%),
vote of at the same time two voters at the vote cell (18%), fixing of
abuses of the post by members of the territorial electoral commissions
(22%) as well too small or too big territory given for the electoral
process (20%).
The goal of the program implemented by the IFES was also to estimate
works of the district electoral commissions, correspondence of
procedures with the RA Electoral Code as well as to present proposals
for the next stage of trainings.