Parliamentary elections: 250 short-term observers and 110 parliamentarians to arrive in Armenia
“We conscientiously study the remarks and evaluations of the observation missions and try to make real the recommendations, which the observers make,” Speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly Galust Sahakyan noted during today’s meeting with Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Observation Mission Jan Petersen and the political analyst of the Mission Daniela Diaconu.
As the Public Relations and Mass Media Department of the Armenian Parliament reports, the NA Speaker has stated that the improvement of the Electoral Code is aimed at not only upgrading the electoral system, but also to the rise and strengthening of public trust towards the electoral process.
In the words of Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Observation Mission Jan Petersen, the country’s legislation, the information field and the very electoral campaign of the country is thoroughly studied.
Next week 250 short-term observers and 110 parliamentarians from different countries of the world will join the mission.
Jan Petersen has noted that they cooperate with all observers and after two months the final report will be issued.
The Head of the Observation Mission stated that they will have a press conference next day following the elections, summing up their observations and making a united evaluation, however they will stay in Yerevan until April 14.