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Deccan Herald, Bangalore
May 6 2012
Ruling parties set to stay on in Armenia
YEREVAN, May 6, 2012, Reuters:
Armenians looked set to return the two biggest parties in the ruling
coalition to power on Sunday, in an election they hope will be free of
the fraud and violence that marred the South Caucasus country's last
national election in 2007.
President Serzh Sarksyan's Republican Party and Prosperous Armenia,
led by businessman
Gagik Tsarukyan, were expected to remain in charge of the former
Soviet republic, and the poll is seen as a test of strength between
the two parties. More than 300 international observers from the
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe are monitoring
voting. One observer said privately there had been violations.
Ink stamps on the passports of people who had already voted
disappeared within 15 minutes, giving them the chance to vote again,
the observer said. There were no reports of violence.
Eight parties and one party bloc were running for seats in parliament
and 155 candidates were registered in 41 single-mandate
constituencies.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/247450/ruling-parties-set-stay-armenia.html
May 6 2012
Ruling parties set to stay on in Armenia
YEREVAN, May 6, 2012, Reuters:
Armenians looked set to return the two biggest parties in the ruling
coalition to power on Sunday, in an election they hope will be free of
the fraud and violence that marred the South Caucasus country's last
national election in 2007.
President Serzh Sarksyan's Republican Party and Prosperous Armenia,
led by businessman
Gagik Tsarukyan, were expected to remain in charge of the former
Soviet republic, and the poll is seen as a test of strength between
the two parties. More than 300 international observers from the
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe are monitoring
voting. One observer said privately there had been violations.
Ink stamps on the passports of people who had already voted
disappeared within 15 minutes, giving them the chance to vote again,
the observer said. There were no reports of violence.
Eight parties and one party bloc were running for seats in parliament
and 155 candidates were registered in 41 single-mandate
constituencies.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/247450/ruling-parties-set-stay-armenia.html