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Observers of International expert Center for Electoral Systems to follow parliamentary elections in Armenia

19.04.2012

 International expert Center for Electoral Systems (ICES) will implement an observation mission during the May 6 parliamentary elections of Armenia. Experts from the European Union, US and Israel comprise the mission, an official from the center told Armenpress.

MPs of different European countries and European Parliament, scientists, lawyers and journalists, who have a vast experience of elections, are also involved in the mission. Alexander Tsinker, President of ICES, director of East European States & CIS Institute, will head the mission.

On the day of the elections the representatives of the center will be in Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor and in a number of other province centers. "We are studying the Electoral Code of Armenia and have been implementing a monitoring of the Armenian mass media since April 8," said Tsinker. The delegation will present the results of the monitoring during a press conference to be held May 7 in Yerevan.

The International expert Center for Electoral Systems is a nonprofit non-governmental public organization set up by a group of highly qualified experts in the fields of law, political science, diplomacy and sociology, coming from the USA, Great Britain, Netherlands, Germany and Israel.

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