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JOURNALISTS' PRESENCE AT POLLING STATIONS MIGHT REDUCE ELECTION RIGGING RISKS
16:33 ~U 25.04.13
Gurgen Gasparyan, who is on the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) list in
the upcoming elections to Yerevan's Council of Elders, believes that
the presence of at least one journalist at each of the 465 polling
stations would essentially reduce the risk of election frauds.
"Media representatives' presence will sober up the election
committees. Both during the parliamentary elections and now we must
supervise all the polling stations," Gapsaryan told journalists
on Thursday.
Vladimir Karapetyan, an Armenian National Congress (ANC) party member,
said that the ANC will have its representatives at all the polling
stations, cooperating both with observers and with journalists.
"We proposed reforms of Armenia's electoral code, which, if approved,
would reduce the risk of election frauds. But our proposal failed for
some reasons. We are now trying to cooperate with the political forces
that are interested in struggling against election rigging," he said.
Daniel Ioannisyan, who is on the Barev, Yerevan (Hello, Yerevan)
bloc's list, believes struggle against election frauds can be waged
both inside and outside polling stations. According to him, election
frauds outside polling stations do much more harm.
Armenian News - Tert.am
16:33 ~U 25.04.13
Gurgen Gasparyan, who is on the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) list in
the upcoming elections to Yerevan's Council of Elders, believes that
the presence of at least one journalist at each of the 465 polling
stations would essentially reduce the risk of election frauds.
"Media representatives' presence will sober up the election
committees. Both during the parliamentary elections and now we must
supervise all the polling stations," Gapsaryan told journalists
on Thursday.
Vladimir Karapetyan, an Armenian National Congress (ANC) party member,
said that the ANC will have its representatives at all the polling
stations, cooperating both with observers and with journalists.
"We proposed reforms of Armenia's electoral code, which, if approved,
would reduce the risk of election frauds. But our proposal failed for
some reasons. We are now trying to cooperate with the political forces
that are interested in struggling against election rigging," he said.
Daniel Ioannisyan, who is on the Barev, Yerevan (Hello, Yerevan)
bloc's list, believes struggle against election frauds can be waged
both inside and outside polling stations. According to him, election
frauds outside polling stations do much more harm.
Armenian News - Tert.am