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IN SEARCH OF DUAL CITIZENS

Politics

Will dual citizens participate in the parliamentary elections or not? This question has become urgent since the RA government endorsed the packet on “Dual Citizenship”.

Today, Garegin Azaryan, president of CEC, commented on the current situation. According to the recent amendments to the law, dual citizens are RA citizens and all issues must be driven from this fact”, Mr. Azaryan says.

In answer to our question whether dual citizens will participate in the parliamentary elections, he said, “Of course, they will, if there are dual citizens as such in Armenia.”

This implies that certain political forces needn’t fear that the RA authorities will be formed from overseas forces in case the dual citizens are granted the right to vote. Nor can people living abroad have influence on the elections.

CEC PRESIDENT IS WELL-DISPOSSED TO THE ELECTIONS

On the invitation of the RA Central Electoral Commission over 1000 international observers will participate in the parliamentary elections; among them ambassadors of the OSCE member countries, ambassadors accredited in Armenia, the head of the OSCE Yerevan office, President of the NKR CEC, representatives of “International Idea” Organization and a number of other organizations.

500 observers will arrive on long-term visit, whereas the second half on short-term visit.

By the way, the state budget allotted great sums to secure the activity of the electoral commissions which surpasses that of the previous year data by 253 million AMD. On the whole, 678 million AMD was allocated to the preparation and organization of the elections. By the way, the President of the CEC is well-disposed to the upcoming elections.