ANC leader: large number of voters minimizes chance of election forgeryMay 3, 2012 - 21:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The more people participate in parliamentary elections, the fewer chances authorities have to forge elections, leader of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) said. Levon Ter-Petrossian noted a number of reasons that may deter falsification of elections, despite the authorities’ willingness to forge them. ANC leader stressed the international community’s position that centers on human rights and democracy following the Arab Spring. In this context he voiced hope for the international observers to give a more objective assessment, abandoning the statement “elections mainly met the international standards” or “this was a step forward compared with the previous elections.” He further dwelt on the inter-party headquarters to counter election violations formed by ANC, Prosperous Armenia and ARF Dashnaktsutyun. Reflecting on the political forces’ appeal to the Constitutional Court with a proposal to rule the point of the Armenian electoral code banning publication of voter lists as unconstitutional, he said that in case of a positive decision, it will become impossible for authorities to use the key resource for election forgery, i.e. votes of the missing 700 thous. citizens. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |