CIS PARLIAMENT STANDARDIZES ELECTIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net - In the near future elections in the CIS countries will be held on the basis of a common standard. The idea born in the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly a year ago was developed at the Assembly recurrent sitting in Saint Petersburg. As reported by Russian mass media, head of the central electoral commission of Russia Alexander Veshnyakov said, "the convention "On standards of democratic elections, suffrage rights and freedoms in CIS member states" may be constituted in half a year." In his words, Azerbaijan has already expressed a desire for joining the convention signed by the leaders of 7 states at the October summit in Kishinev. The document will come into effect after being ratified by all Commonwealth countries. "It will let our states get rid of practicing double standards, which is frequently used to each other because of political considerations," - Veshnyakov considers.