  6 parties sign document on election coverage May 3, 2012 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Six parties running for parliamentary elections due on May 6 came up with a joint statement. “We, representatives of Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Democratic Party of Armenia, Communist Party of Armenia, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Orinats Yerkir, highlighting the quality of 2012 National Assembly elections and the need for proper oversight, basing on provisions of Articles 6, 48 and 67 of the Electoral Code of Armenia, decided to join our efforts to organize video shooting of the voting process in most polling stations, with no violation of the voting privacy,” the statement said. Each party will submit the video coverage by their proxies to other signatory parties upon request. “All other parties running for the parliament by proportional system are free to join this statement,” the document reads. United Armenians, Heritage and Armenian National Congress did not sign the paper.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
