NEW ELECTORAL CODE NOT PERFECT
Support A1+!Choice is yours public organization worked out an interesting variant of the reformed Electoral Code, all the pages of which are painted either red or greed. The correlation of colors is almost equal, with slight prevalence of red. Members of the organization, who participated in the elections as observers tried to mark the positive and negative aspects of the process. To note, negative ones are marked with red.
The organization members stressed the items referring to the rights of the empowered persons and observers. However, there is an item in the new Electoral Code that nullifies all the reforms. “Very often the NA Speaker and the CEC members says how many proposals by the Venice Commission they have adopted. However they had better re-consider the order of the formation of the election commissions”, organization chairman Khachatur Voskanyan says.
“If you examine the Constitution carefully you will see that such functions are not offered to the courts. If we take into account the current situation, when the Justice Council and the juridical system are dependent, nothing will change”, he adds. In his opinion the judge, who is appointed member of the election commission should for some time suspend his activities as a judge.
The new Electoral Code says that the list of the candidates for the post of the commission members should be presented to the President. Only after that the composition of the commission is established. To note, if the Court of Cassations and the NA group do not manage to present their candidates within the terms fixed, the posts will be occupied by the candidates appointed by the President of the republic.
Lena Badeyan
