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Opposition MP finds Central Election Committee voting pre-arranged deal
13:11 - 20.08.11
The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) had a pre-arranged
deal with the ruling authorities to prevent members of the Heritage
party to be represented in district electoral committees, a member of
the party has said.
Speaking at a news conference on Saturday, Armen Martirosyan of the
opposition Heritage party faction in parliament, characterized the
Central Election Commission's (CEC) recent voting unfair, saying that
his party's members should have been elected to district electoral
committees.
Asked by Tert.am about the possibility of video-recording the voting
process, he said cameras would not have ensured transparency as the
CEC members previously knew who they were going to elect.
Martirosyan further argued the CEC's allegations such outcome of the
voting was unintentional.
"How come that the Heritage members, who have been struggling for such
a long time and met all the criteria became unfit all of a sudden?" he
said, considering such allegations unfounded.
Asked weather the procedures set out in the amended Electoral Code
contain corruption risks he gave a positive answer.
"The independent committees are the same committees representing
parties, the only exception being the fact that Heritage, a political
party exercising control, is not represented there. Only a person
having no idea about politics, and life in general can speak about
coincidence," he said.
Tert.am
13:11 - 20.08.11
The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) had a pre-arranged
deal with the ruling authorities to prevent members of the Heritage
party to be represented in district electoral committees, a member of
the party has said.
Speaking at a news conference on Saturday, Armen Martirosyan of the
opposition Heritage party faction in parliament, characterized the
Central Election Commission's (CEC) recent voting unfair, saying that
his party's members should have been elected to district electoral
committees.
Asked by Tert.am about the possibility of video-recording the voting
process, he said cameras would not have ensured transparency as the
CEC members previously knew who they were going to elect.
Martirosyan further argued the CEC's allegations such outcome of the
voting was unintentional.
"How come that the Heritage members, who have been struggling for such
a long time and met all the criteria became unfit all of a sudden?" he
said, considering such allegations unfounded.
Asked weather the procedures set out in the amended Electoral Code
contain corruption risks he gave a positive answer.
"The independent committees are the same committees representing
parties, the only exception being the fact that Heritage, a political
party exercising control, is not represented there. Only a person
having no idea about politics, and life in general can speak about
coincidence," he said.
Tert.am