”PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WILL NOT YIELD TO PARLIAMENTARY ONES”
Support A1+!On January 16 Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Torossian received the Secretary General of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA) Mikhail Krotov. The meeting was attended by the Armenian Permanent Representative at the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Felix Ghushchian.
The partries focused on the forthcoming presidential elections in Armenia. Th NA Speaker expressed hope that the elections will not be less successful than the parliamentary ones and will meet international standards, enabling observers to register good results. Mr. Torossian attached importance to the work of the CIS IPA observation mission, which had its contribution to the successful conduct of the parliamentary elections in May.
On behalf of the President of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly and himself Mikhail Krotov congratulated Mr. Torossian on New Year and wished a democratic year to Armenia. After receiving an invitation of carrying out an observation mission in Armenia, a group of 10 experts has been formed to conduct an interim monitoring in early February.
Mr. Krotov confirmed that they had studied the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia still during the parliamentary elections, they are aware of the changes implemented in November. They think that the Code has been maximally improved and corresponds to international standards, thus creating good legal bases for the conduct of the elections. According to his assessment, the Electoral Code provides the opportunity to increase voter turnout, improve voting lists and prevent fraud. Mr. Krotov also informed that in February the head of the observation mission Anatoli Torshin intends to have meetings with the leadership of Armenia, the President of the Central Electoral Commission and presidential candidates.
