Politics

“There is no simple means, prescription to avoid vote buying. It also depends on the social-economic situation of different countries. But as we already mentioned in the preliminary statement of our observation it is important how the authorized bodies tackle the process,” told our reporter the head of the OSCE/ODIHR mission to Armenia Radmila Shekirinskaya. …

“It is possible that some of the people included on the Heritage and ANC lists may refuse their mandates,” yesterday such an opinion was expressed by Edgar Vardanyan, an expert of the Armenian Center of Strategic and National Studies. “Certain splinter is possible,” he said an added that by analyzing the social networks and personal …

On May 6, in district 4, Arabkir of Yerevan the government also used all the mechanisms of falsification like in all the other districts of Armenia. First, in that district the number of voters also added, who were brought from nearby communities and registered in district 4. In almost all precincts of the district there …

– Prior to our interview, you were speaking about the created frustration within the society. Why is it so? – During elections we all know that the government will rig the votes because it’s difficult to maintain the government without those methods. And the reason for that is that the government doesn’t have sufficient legitimacy …

So far no one else than ARF’s Hrant Margaryan has given the best definition to the quality of parliamentary elections. “The elections were not to reflect the wish of people, but to reflect how many votes have been bought,” said Margaryan to radio Liberty. The other members of the united headquarter – the ANC and …

As it was expected, yesterday with about two-hour intervals the rally of the ANC and PAP took place. Both of the rallies were quite crowded but it’s hard to say which party helped the other because the people with the PAP posters wouldn’t possibly show in the ANC rally. However, judging from yesterday’s speech of …

On May 5 all the parties will finally be silent. Will this silence help the constituents better orient who they’d like to vote for. Nonetheless, the most important thing, the answer of which we are trying to find out whether they should vote between bad and worse or boycott the elections. There is a slight …

On the last day of the pre-election campaign the Armenian national Congress and Prosperous Armenia party held their latest rallies in Yerevan. Other parties participating in the elections on May 6 have met with voters from different communities of Yerevan as well. RPA chairman Serzh Sargsyan met with the voters of Ajapnyak community, and the …

“The PA has concerns that the upcoming parliamentary elections may be violated,” said former FM and current member of the Prosperous Armenia party Vartan Oskanyan. “We should also look at the process in the context of the way we have passed. If the past elections were normal, we did not have problems with legitimacy, your …

President Serzh Sargsyan has visited the region of Kotayk in the framework of the RPA’s pre-election campaign, where he petitioned voters to vote for “their MP”, PA leader Gagik Tsarukyan in the 28h precinct. The RPA has not nominated any candidates in the mentioned precinct. “We have not nominated any candidates here; we are endorsing …