Elections were “not accessible” for most
"According to one of our observers, an old man opened his passport with a 5,000 dram bill and asked if it was worth coming to vote," Chairman of the "Unison" NGO Armen Alaverdyan said today.
"Unison" observed the mayor elections in Yerevan with 96 observers following up on the entire electoral process at 53 polling stations in the Kentron district.
The disabled did not have access to polls in the polling stations that "Unison" observed and that is why very few disabled participated in the vote.
"Unison" observers, according to Armen Alaverdyan, also registered certain violations that did not relate to the disabled, such as open voting, directing voters, assaults, presence of unauthorized people inside and outside the polling stations.
Armen Alaverdyan also recalled the problem with their observer. When the disabled observer asked the head of the electoral commission of the 10/27 polling station located in the Pushkin School, the latter said that the he doesn't have the right to ask questions and asked the observer to leave him alone.
