Armenian president signs law on amendments to Law on ID Cards
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed today the National Assembly-approved laws on amendments and additions to the Law on ID Cards and on amendments and additions to the Electoral Code of Armenia, the presidential press service reported.
On November 11 the Armenian parliament passed in the second reading a package of bills on amendments and additions to the Law on ID Cards and the Electoral Code of Armenia. Earlier, at a sitting of the parliamentary standing committee on state and legal affairs, the committee chairman Hovhannes Sahakyan said that over 558 thousand Armenian citizens currently could not vote during an election or the December 6 referendum because they have only ID cards (new internal passports in Armenia). A citizen’s residence registration place is not indicated on his or her ID card. Besides, it is impossible to put a stamp on an ID card during a vote. The amendments to legislation ensure that ID cards are accepted as an identity document during electoral processes, and the law stipulates that no stamp shall be put in them during a vote.