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 Monday, April 3 2017 17:15
Marianna Mkrtchyan

International observers state the distribution of electoral bribes,  people masses  gathered  at polling  stations and suppressing the  voters. 

International observers state the distribution of electoral bribes,  people masses  gathered  at polling  stations and suppressing the  voters. 

ArmInfo. Parliamentary elections in Armenia were implemented well and the main rights and freedoms were observed. This was stated by IGSIO Sanches Amora, the  head of OSCE oshort term observing mission head, while presenting the  estimation of international observers (OSCE, European parliament etc)  regarding the elections flow. 

The observers announced that the April 2 election proves the first  step of building a new political system in Armenia, however changes  cannot happen in one night, behavioral changes are necessary for  reforms. If Armenia wants a strong democracy, parties need great  maturity. Constructive cooperation existed with Armenia's  authorities, which is worth praise. The accuracy of voters' lists was  improved, double voting was mostly ruled out. The observers note that  voter identiycation devices operated normally, however overcrowdings  happened in polling stations. The election proceeded calmly and  peacefully, however cases of organizational issues and unnecessary  interferences were noticed. The observers have information regarding  vote buying, which impact the level of public trust. The initial  results were published as result of both long term and short term  observations.

Meanwhile, Heidi Hautala, head of the election observation mission  delegation from the European Parliament, stated the aforesaid during  Monday's briefing of the international observers that monitored  Sunday's parliamentary election in Armenia.

As per this Member of the European Parliament (MEP), the election  precinct commission members had made efforts to explain to the voters  the changes that were made in the voting procedure.  Hautala noted,  however, that reliable information with respect to vote-buying and  voter intimidation had cast a shadow on the electoral process in  Armenia.

She added that even though the central Electoral Commission worked  quite effectively, it did not pay much attention to the consideration  of the reports on electoral fraud.

But the MEP concluded that the European Parliament will work closely  with the next parliament of Armenia toward assisting in reforms and  democratization in the country, and within the framework of the  development of relations between Armenia and the European Union.

To note,  CEC generalized preliminary final results of parliamentary  elections  on basis of data from all 2009 poll stations.  According  to the data  provided,   the distribution of forces is: RPA- 771.247  votes or 49.12% Tsaroukyan bloc-428.965 or 27.32%, Yelk bloc 122.049  or 7.77%,  ARFD 103.173 or 6.57%/ Armenian Revival- 58.277 or 3.71%,  ORO-32.054  or 2.07%, Congress PPA -25.957 or 1.65 %, Free Democrats  - 14.746 or  0.9%, Communist Party 11.745 or 0.75 The ruling  Republican Party will receive 55 mandates, Tsaroukyan-30, Yelk-9,  ARFD-7. 

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