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    ARMENIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER TO VOTE AGAINST ELECTION CODE DESPITE OF "POSITIVE ELEMENTS"

    Panorama.am
    14:46 31/10/06

    Shavarsh Kocharyan, leader of Armenian Democratic Party and a deputy
    of National Assembly, said the Election Code is a necessary but not
    sufficient condition for free and fair elections. He said in 1991
    we had the fairest elections under the conditions of the worst
    election code. He also said the present Election Code "has many
    positive elements," but he is going to vote "against" because of
    its shortcomings.

    Kocharyan believes that by keeping to majoritarian vote we render our
    support to authoritarian system. He said countries like Azerbaijan
    prefer majoritarian systems. The deputy also sees problems in formation
    of committees. Kocharyan supports 50/50 rate, i.e., if the chairman
    is pro-government representative, the secretary and the deputy must
    be from opposition.

    Kocharyan thinks using envelopes is a good idea but he says the law
    does not provide all the details of its use. He said the law does not
    require not to make notes on the envelopes, so the voters can make
    notes and the envelope will not be considered invalid.
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