Reflection of recommendations by international election observation missions in the RA 2016 electoral code and their implementation during 2017 National Assembly and Yerevan City Council Elections
Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor analyzed the recommendations by international election observers and their implementation. According to the report, the current Electoral Code includes several recommendations by OSCE/ODIHR, yet many of these have not been properly adopted. The lack of open discussions during the drafting of the code was unfortunate. The recent elections showed that many […]
Independent Observer Public Alliance: Elections in Armenia non-free, accompanied by control over voters
April 2017, Yerevan The civil society in the Republic of Armenia constantly highlighted a number of problems regarding the electoral processes and the failure to solve such problems gives grounds to doubt the elections held in the country. These problems include the organized and widespread abuse of administrative resources and ineffective combat against it, […]
Over 2000 violations reported during election day in Armenia
On April 2, 3112 independent and non-partisan observers of Citizen Observer Initiative monitored the conduct of election day in Armenia at 1521 precincts. The observers registered overall 2131 cases of violations during the preparation of voting, the conduct of voting, counting and tabulation of votes, out of which 1243 have been so far verified. […]
Despite some improvements many violations reported during elections in Armenia
April 2017, Yerevan Sona Ayvazyan, Executive director of Transparency International Anticorruption Center acknowledged positive amendments to the election legislation and the introduction of the new voter registration devices which improved the election day proceedings. At the same time, Ayvazyan stressed that a high number of violations were reported to the “map of violations” on […]
Citizen observers: serious shortcomings observed during parliamentary campaign in Armenia
Shortly before the election day, Citizen Observer Initiative and Independent Observer Public Alliance together with the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) presented their findings on the monitoring of the pre-election campaign. They also announced their action plan for the election day on 2 April. Varuzhan Hoktanyan, Programme Director at Transparency International Anticorruption […]
Joint Press Conference on the Parliamentary Elections in Armenia
Invitation to the Joint Press Conference on the Parliamentary Elections in Armenia Venue: Armenia Marriott Hotel, Yerevan, “Levon of Cilicia” meeting room Date: March 31, 12:00 hours Citizen Observer Initiative and Independent Observer Public Alliance, together with the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) Citizen Observer Initiative and Independent Observer […]
EPDE condemns the Armenian governments’ refusal to invite international citizen election observers
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) condemns the refusal of the Armenian authorities to invite its international citizen observers to monitor the parliamentary election scheduled on 2 April 2017. Together with its Armenian member organisations Transparency International Anticorruption Center, Yerevan and the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor, EPDE strongly protest against the arbitral decision of […]
EPDE held preparatory meetings ahead of the parliamentary elections in Armenia
On February 17 – 22, EPDE experts Roman Udot (Movement Golos) and Adam Busuleanu (European Exchange) held a series of meetings with EPDE observers in Armenia to coordinate its study mission to the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled on April, 4. The EPDE member organisations Transparency International Anti-corruption Center and the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor plan […]
Statement on restrictions of the activities of local observers and mass media representatives in the Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia
The Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia was adopted by the National Assembly of Armenia in its third reading on May 25, 2016. Unfortunately, neither the proposals submitted by the political forces and civil society, nor the recommendations on 2012 parliamentary and 2013 presidential elections by OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission and on 2015 […]
Statement on serious restrictions in the Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia
STATEMENT on the restrictions of the activities of local observers and mass media representatives in the Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia The Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia was adopted by the National Assembly of Armenia in its third reading on May 25, 2016. Unfortunately, neither the proposals submitted […]