COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONGRESS TO OBSERVE LOCAL ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
Support A1+!A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will pay a visit to Armenia, from 25 to 29 September, to observe the local elections for the renewal of the municipal Councils, which will be held on 28 September. The Congress delegation will be headed by Véronique Moreira, Regional Councillor of Rhône Alpes (NR, France, R).
Prior to election day, the delegation will meet with the Human Rights Ombudsman, Armen Harutyunyan, the Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia, Garegin Azaryan, the Armenian delegation to the Congress, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Territorial Administration, Armen Gevorgyan, the Mayor of Yerevan, Yervand Zakharyan, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, the representatives of the 5 political parties in the Parliament, the candidates to the election, as well as some representatives of the media and of NGOs.
On 28 September the delegation will be deployed in different polling stations to observe the voting.
Members of the delegation:
Joe Conway, Councillor, Tramore Town Council (ILDG, Ireland, L)
Mihkel Juhkami, Chair, Rakvere City Council (EPP/CD, Estonia, L)
Dobrica Milovanovic, Mayor of the Assembly of the Municipality of Kragujevac (NR, Serbia, R)
Paolo Rondelli, Municipal councillor of San Marino (SOC, San Marino, L)
Dominique Ronga, delegated to the interregional relations and the decentralised co-operation,
Vice-President of the Regional Council of Lorraine (SOC, France, R)
Uldis Rozenbergs, Chairman, Gibulu Rural Municipality Council (EPP/CD, Latvia, L)
Congress Secretariat:
Antonella Cagnolati, Director of the Congress
Michel Rivollier, Project manager
Gönül Koçak, Congress Secretariat
