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EPDE: The results of both election participation and election results
were falsified
Sat, 02/23/2013 - 15:24
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The February 18 2012 presidential elections were held in the absence
of competition, less active election campaign, as well as with
relative law participation of observers in the election polls on the
Election Day. This is explained by the fact that the three main
opposition parties have decided not to nominate a candidate in the
presidential elections and therefore didn't have their proxies in the
election polls.
The Election Day was accompanied by the correct choice of the
management, which was aimed at ensuring a peaceful election process.
However, on the Election Day, the civil observers recorded a number of
violations including ballot stuffing, multiple voting and cases of
threats by the proxies of the candidates directed at observers. The
impartiality of the electoral process presented above gives rise to
concern. Some polling stations where the observation was implemented
by the civil observers, registered lower voter participation (by 25%)
than other neighboring constituencies (often within the same building)
where there were no observers. By the inflated participation the
numbers of votes of Serzh Sargsyan are higher than that of Raffi
Hovhannisyan. These observations provide a basis to assume that on the
Election Day both the voter participation and actual results were
falsified.
The new Election Code generally provides an appropriate field for
democratic and transparent elections and gives greater powers to
implement civil observation. Civil observation is worthy of greater
attention to the local and international institutions. The existing
norms on civil observations should be improved, as well as the
methodological support should be strengthened for the future
development of civil control over the election processes and the raise
of confidence for the international democratic structures.
Author:
Factinfo
From: Baghdasarian
were falsified
Sat, 02/23/2013 - 15:24
News
The February 18 2012 presidential elections were held in the absence
of competition, less active election campaign, as well as with
relative law participation of observers in the election polls on the
Election Day. This is explained by the fact that the three main
opposition parties have decided not to nominate a candidate in the
presidential elections and therefore didn't have their proxies in the
election polls.
The Election Day was accompanied by the correct choice of the
management, which was aimed at ensuring a peaceful election process.
However, on the Election Day, the civil observers recorded a number of
violations including ballot stuffing, multiple voting and cases of
threats by the proxies of the candidates directed at observers. The
impartiality of the electoral process presented above gives rise to
concern. Some polling stations where the observation was implemented
by the civil observers, registered lower voter participation (by 25%)
than other neighboring constituencies (often within the same building)
where there were no observers. By the inflated participation the
numbers of votes of Serzh Sargsyan are higher than that of Raffi
Hovhannisyan. These observations provide a basis to assume that on the
Election Day both the voter participation and actual results were
falsified.
The new Election Code generally provides an appropriate field for
democratic and transparent elections and gives greater powers to
implement civil observation. Civil observation is worthy of greater
attention to the local and international institutions. The existing
norms on civil observations should be improved, as well as the
methodological support should be strengthened for the future
development of civil control over the election processes and the raise
of confidence for the international democratic structures.
Author:
Factinfo
From: Baghdasarian