ANC finds obvious breaches in electoral campaignMay 25, 2009 - 21:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "During its session held on May 21, RA Central Election Commission (CEC) ignored our authorized representative Patvakan Hovakimyan's letter on putting stamps in voters' passports. Avoiding to discuss the issue, CEC made decision not to use any stamps during elections, although under RA Electoral Code, elections to Elders' Council should be held in compliance with the norms envisaged for Parliament elections," ANC Press Secretary Arman Mousinyan told a news conference today. According to the opposition activist, stamps in passports somehow prevent falsifications, and CEC's inaction in this case paves way for electoral wrongdoings."The Commission's next wrongdoing is the approval of lists violating 15% requirement for women's representation," Mousinyan said, adding that RA Cassation Court reasons ANC representative's claim by arguing that an authorized representative is not entitled to apply to court. "The same court recently accepted the same representative's claim on another issue. It committed gross violation because in case of accepting this claim, it would have to make decision on CEC's breach of RA Electoral Code," Mousinyan said. ANC Press Secretary also added that their party is studying the voters' lists, and although they are in the middle of the process, there are already perplexing results. "Voters' lists contain names of 2038 individuals not having residence permits. Besides, there are 300 names and surnames repeated several times," he noted. "Such obvious violations are additional proof that authorities use all resources to disport the real picture," Mousinyan confirms. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. |