Naira Zohrabyan contradicts Hovhannes Margaryan
Head of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) faction Naira Zohrabyan says during their meeting with experts of the Venice Commission they have asked many times whether they are for or against the publication of electoral roll. “I did not get the impression that in their conclusion which, I think, will be published in mid-April, they will favour the publication of voters’ list,” she said. Naira Zohrabyan says she has repeatedly explained to the Venice Commission members that the publication of electoral roll is a right decision in a country like Armenia. “Anyway, do not think that the opinion of the Venice Commission will be taken for granted. If the government of Armenia decides that the provision is acceptable, the electoral roll will be published no matter what the Venice Commission says,” she said. During the parliamentary briefings last week, Hovhannes Margaryan from the Country of Law Party (OEK) announced that they had twice discussed the publication of voters’ list with the Venice Commission and the latter supported the idea. “The member of the Commission we were talking to said they had never opposed the publication,” Margaryan said. Does it mean that the authorities in Armenia have cheated public saying that the Venice Commission is against the publication of lists? “To tell the truth, I have not asked their opinion before,” Margaryan replied.
