Tweet
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT ARMAN MELIKYAN STILL DEMANDS PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL NUMBER OF THE ARMENIAN CITIZENS ABSENT FROM THE COUNTRY
ARMINFO
Monday, January 21, 13:32
The Election Headquarters of Arman Melikyan, candidate for president
of Armenia, former minister of foreign affairs of NKR, still insists
on publication of the official number of the citizens absent from
the country ahead of the presidential election of Feb 18.
Melikyan and his Election Headquarters believe that this will make
the election process more transparent and help avoiding inaccuracies.
Melikyan thinks that the number of voters is intentionally exaggerated
by 400-500,000 people in order the authorities are able to use the
votes of the absent citizens in favor of their candidate.
"Unless our demand to publish the number of absent citizens is
fulfilled, we will be thinking that there are no conditions for
fair election in the country," says the statement by Melikyan's
Election Headquarters. However, the Central Electoral Commission
refused to fulfill Melikyan's demand at the last session. By the
latest data of the Armenian Police, the number of voters in Armenia
is 2,507,960 people, which is by 25,000 people more than during the
last parliamentary election on May 6 2012. The total number of the
Armenian citizens is 2,871,771 people.
ARMINFO
Monday, January 21, 13:32
The Election Headquarters of Arman Melikyan, candidate for president
of Armenia, former minister of foreign affairs of NKR, still insists
on publication of the official number of the citizens absent from
the country ahead of the presidential election of Feb 18.
Melikyan and his Election Headquarters believe that this will make
the election process more transparent and help avoiding inaccuracies.
Melikyan thinks that the number of voters is intentionally exaggerated
by 400-500,000 people in order the authorities are able to use the
votes of the absent citizens in favor of their candidate.
"Unless our demand to publish the number of absent citizens is
fulfilled, we will be thinking that there are no conditions for
fair election in the country," says the statement by Melikyan's
Election Headquarters. However, the Central Electoral Commission
refused to fulfill Melikyan's demand at the last session. By the
latest data of the Armenian Police, the number of voters in Armenia
is 2,507,960 people, which is by 25,000 people more than during the
last parliamentary election on May 6 2012. The total number of the
Armenian citizens is 2,871,771 people.