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  • CEC Decides to Invite Int'l Observers For Upcoming Elections

    RA CEC MAKES DECISION ABOUT INVITING INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS FOR
    UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

    YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. At the January 18 sitting, the RA
    Central Electoral Commssion (CEC) unanimously made a decision to invite
    international observers for the February 19 presidential elections in
    Armenia. According to the decision, the ambassadors of the OSCE member
    states, the foreign ambassadors accredited to Armenia (with their
    residence in Yerevan), the head of the OSCE Yerevan Office, the special
    representative of the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe to
    Armenia, the head of International Institute for Democracy and
    Electoral Assistance (IDEA) Armenia Office, the head of the
    International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) Armenian branch,
    and the chairman of the CEC of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic will be
    invited to implement observer mission.

    In making this decision, the RA CEC took into account the fact that the
    RA National Assembly has already sent invitations to the Parliamentary
    Assemblies of the Council of Europe and the OSCE, as well as to the CIS
    Interparliamentary Assembly and the European Parliament, while the
    foreign ministry of the RA has sent invitations to the OSCE/ODIHR and
    the Executive Committee of the CIS.

    By another decision, the CEC established the expenditure budget of the
    RA CEC in connection with preparation and holding of the February 19
    presidential elections. The head of the CEC staff Levon Grigorian said
    that 769 mln 855 thousand 259 drams (about 2.5 million USD) is
    envisaged to allocate from the state budget for preparation and holding
    of the elections. Most of the indicated sum is expendutures on salaries
    of members of the electoral commissions. The rest will be allocated for
    current expenditures of the Central Electoral Commission, district
    electoral commissions (DEC) and local electoral commissions (LEC).
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