ICES expert: Armenia faces practical problem in electoral processesDecember 21, 2012 - 21:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s electoral legislation is in line with the international democratic principles, according to International expert Center for Electoral Systems (ICES). According to ICES experts, the electoral code gives complete descriptions of all of the processes, allowing for conduction of free, fair and transparent polls. ICES expert Lydia Lawson, in turn, noted that similar to other post-Soviet countries, the problem in Armenia is linked to the practical implementation of the electoral code. “This may adversely affect the electoral processes,” the expert told Dec 21 press conference. ICES head Alexander Tsinker, in turn, stressed the need for all those involved in the electoral processes to express readiness to contribute to the conduction of free and fair polls in the pre-election phase. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. 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. 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. |