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    OSCE/ODIHR PUBLISHES SECOND INTERIM REPORT ON ARMENIA ELECTIONS

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/02/08/osceodihr-publishes-second-interim-report-on-armenia-elections/
    15:45 08.02.2013

    The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has
    published the second interim report on the presidential elections in
    Armenia. The report notes that "the campaign of incumbent President
    Serzh Sargsyan is the most visible, although some of the other
    candidates also campaign actively.

    "On 31 January, candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan was shot and injured by an
    unknown assailant in central Yerevan. The authorities are investigating
    the crime. While the law provides for a candidate to request the
    Constitutional Court to postpone the election by two weeks in case
    of "insurmountable obstacles" to his or her campaign, on 5 February
    Mr. Hayrikyan announced that he will not ask for such a delay."

    "Administrative preparations for the election are proceeding
    according to legal deadlines. The CEC continues to work in an open and
    transparent manner. Precinct Election Commissions (PECs) were formed
    by 24 January, but not all parties entitled to do so nominated members
    for each PEC. The PEC members are being trained and the OSCE/ODIHR
    EOM LTOs positively assessed the trainings they have attended,"
    the report reads.

    "Initial OSCE/ODIHR EOM media monitoring results indicate that the
    media focus on political and election-related information. Media
    regularly cover the contestants, with the coverage of the incumbent
    president and of candidate Raffi Hovannisyan dominating most channels.

    All contestants are using their free air time on public media,"
    the OSCE/ODIHR notes.

    According to interim report, "the CEC and the courts have received a
    limited number of complaints, all of which were rejected or declared
    inadmissible. The Prosecutor General's office has launched a public
    campaign encouraging citizens to report vote-buying without facing
    repercussions."

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