6 parties sign document on election coverageMay 3, 2012 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Six parties running for parliamentary elections due on May 6 came up with a joint statement. “We, representatives of Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Democratic Party of Armenia, Communist Party of Armenia, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Orinats Yerkir, highlighting the quality of 2012 National Assembly elections and the need for proper oversight, basing on provisions of Articles 6, 48 and 67 of the Electoral Code of Armenia, decided to join our efforts to organize video shooting of the voting process in most polling stations, with no violation of the voting privacy,” the statement said. Each party will submit the video coverage by their proxies to other signatory parties upon request. “All other parties running for the parliament by proportional system are free to join this statement,” the document reads. United Armenians, Heritage and Armenian National Congress did not sign the paper. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |