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EXPERT PROPOSES WAYS OF PREVENTING ELECTION RIGGING
Tert.am
02.04.12
Hmayak Hovhannisyan, Chairman of the Political Scientists' Union
of Armenia, proposes formation of central election staff to prevent
inaccuracies in voters' lists.
He made the proposal at a discussion summing up a 2-month public
hearings program. Participating in the discussion were the leaders
of political forces that, as Hovhannisyan noted, had great potential
for running for parliament this year.
Among the participants were representatives of Free Democrats,
Heritage, Prosperous Armenia Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) and Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). Members
of the Sardarapat movement had been invited as well. The participants
discussed the issue of ensuring servicemen's voting right.
The aim of the discussions is to prevent election rigging, Hovhannisyan
said. He noted that they "issued prophetic warnings" that everything
would be done to rig the elections.
The major violation is "inflating" the voters' lists, he said.
Since 2008 presidential election in Armenia, the number of voters
in Armenia has reached 2,485,000. Moreover, the census results show
Armenia's resident population to be 2,780,000.
"This means that more than 90% of Armenia's population are voters,
with the number of children of school age being 560,000, according to
the official data," Hovhannisyan said. Also, the number of children
of pre-school age is 185,000. So 745,000 people have no voting right,
he said.
To resolve the problem the authorities should form central election
staff to deal with inaccuracies in voters' lists.
The Political Scientists' Union of Armenia proposes holding a plenary
meeting to sum up the public hearings, with the participation of the
political forces in question, on April 4. According to Hovhannisyan,
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will be invited to the meeting.
Tigran Mukuchyan, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission of
Armenia, declined the invitation.
Tert.am
02.04.12
Hmayak Hovhannisyan, Chairman of the Political Scientists' Union
of Armenia, proposes formation of central election staff to prevent
inaccuracies in voters' lists.
He made the proposal at a discussion summing up a 2-month public
hearings program. Participating in the discussion were the leaders
of political forces that, as Hovhannisyan noted, had great potential
for running for parliament this year.
Among the participants were representatives of Free Democrats,
Heritage, Prosperous Armenia Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) and Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). Members
of the Sardarapat movement had been invited as well. The participants
discussed the issue of ensuring servicemen's voting right.
The aim of the discussions is to prevent election rigging, Hovhannisyan
said. He noted that they "issued prophetic warnings" that everything
would be done to rig the elections.
The major violation is "inflating" the voters' lists, he said.
Since 2008 presidential election in Armenia, the number of voters
in Armenia has reached 2,485,000. Moreover, the census results show
Armenia's resident population to be 2,780,000.
"This means that more than 90% of Armenia's population are voters,
with the number of children of school age being 560,000, according to
the official data," Hovhannisyan said. Also, the number of children
of pre-school age is 185,000. So 745,000 people have no voting right,
he said.
To resolve the problem the authorities should form central election
staff to deal with inaccuracies in voters' lists.
The Political Scientists' Union of Armenia proposes holding a plenary
meeting to sum up the public hearings, with the participation of the
political forces in question, on April 4. According to Hovhannisyan,
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will be invited to the meeting.
Tigran Mukuchyan, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission of
Armenia, declined the invitation.