Armenia lacks confidence to electoral processesAugust 28, 2009 - 17:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Central Electoral Committee of Armenia is working very quickly and effectively during preparations of electoral lists and summarization of elections. Even in some European countries, on the next day after elections results are yet unclear, and preliminary assumptions are made based on exit-polls data, " Garegin Azaryan , the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia, told a press conference in Yerevan today. In respect to shortcomings of the electoral system, Mr. Azaryan stressed, that people lack confidence to electoral processes, the electoral culture is not formed yet, candidates and parties incorrectly assess their capabilities before and after elections. Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Partner news |