YPC: “We should talk about ‘big seven’ instead of ‘big six’”
The Yerevan Press Club (YPC) has published its interim report on the monitoring of Armenian broadcast media ahead of the May 6 parliamentary elections.
"The monitoring of broadcast media, carried out in March 2012, suggests that instead of talking about "the big six" (the five parliamentary parties - Republican Party of Armenia, Prosperous Armenia, Rule of Law, Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun and "Heritage", as well as Armenian National Congress), one should talk about "the big seven": throughout March, in addition to the above mentioned six political forces, "Free Democrats" became an object of regular attention by all the broadcasters studied. However, based on the fact that they submitted a joint list with "Heritage", after the registration of parties, taking part in the elections, this alliance will be monitored as one political force," the YPC said in its report.
The monitoring is carried out within the framework of the project "Support to Two Electoral Cycles in Armenia", implemented by the OSCE Office in Yerevan with the financial assistance of the European Union.
Read the full report here
