Public headquarters to monitor Sunday vote online
The joint inter-party electoral (or public) headquarters, which is tasked to ensure public control in Sunday's parliamentary elections, will monitor the Sunday vote online, Chairman of the Union of Political Analysts Hmayak Hovhannisyan told a news conference on Friday.
The headquarters has launched a website - www monitoring.politlogos.com - to follow the elections. Besides, as Hmayak Hovhannisyan said, citizens can also follow the Sunday vote through the websites of A1+ Company and Civilitas Foundation.
"The members of the electoral headquarters are hopeful that they will be able to control elections with the help of public," he said.
Hmayak Hovhannisyan says the headquarters will work throughout the night to receive and screen the records of surveillance cameras which have been installed at the initiative of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK).
"The cameras will help public keep a vigilant eye on the voting process at every and each polling station," he stressed. "The cameras will fix all potential vote forgers."
The headquarters will regularly give briefings on the voting day.
Eight political parties and one bloc are contesting the May 6 parliamentary elections -Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun, Rule of Law (OEK), Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (HDK), Communist Party of Armenia (HKK) and United Armenian party, as well as the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (HAK).
The four-week campaign formally wraps up Friday midnight.
