NDP REPRESENTS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE AMENDMENTS OF THE ELECTORAL CODE

Support A1+!

“The amendments to the Electoral Code are meant to contribute to the reduction of the number of electoral fabrications”, announced Shavarsh Kocharyan, the head of the National Democratic Party administration in club “Pastark”.

Before referring to the conclusion of the Venice Commission about the EC amendments, Mr. Kocharyan reminded that the electoral process in conditioned not only by the Electoral Code by also by the will of the authorities as well as of the opposition. According to Kocharyan, the draft that the NDP represented to the Venice Commission was something exclusive as both the RA authorities and the opposition signed under it. Besides, “It also showed the absence of will of the authorities and the opposition in the electoral process”.

According to Shavarsh Kocharyan, one of the most importance omissions of the draft Electoral Code is the correlation of the proportional and majority electoral systems. “If we want to have stable executive branch of power the Parliament must be more politicized. Those individuals who are elected by the majority system are the floating votes which tend from here to there and do not contribute to stability. We must have a 100% proportional system”.

Mr. Kocharyan is also worried about the way of forming the electoral committees. He thinks that the authorities and the opposition must have equal quantity of members in the committees, the members must not be appointed by the President of the country and they must not be judges.

Mr. Kocharyan also said that the NDP does not have ambitions and their version is open for broad discussions.