ASTANA-YEREVAN: ARMENIA - REFERENDUM - THE MISSION OF THE IPA OF THE CIS

Astana, December 7, the House of the Mazhilis. A Mazhilis deputy Askar Bazarbaev visited Armenia, where on the delegation of the Mission of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, watched the preparation and holding of the referendum on Constitutional amendments of the country.

Starting from December 4 to date, observers from the Assembly held a series of meetings. For example, in the National Assembly, they talked with the Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Armenia Ermine Nagdalyan, as well as with representatives of political parties, “Republican Party of Armenia” and the “Prosperous Armenia”.

There was a meeting with the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Mukuchyan, who informed about the preparation and readiness of the electoral system for the referendum.

On Election Day, December 6 the observers worked on individual routes. In the process of monitoring, they visited polling stations in Yerevan, as well as settlements of five marzes (regions) of the Republic: Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Gegharkunik and Kotayk.

And today, at a press conference the findings of the CIS mission will be presented.

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This group includes 23 international observers (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, and Tajikistan). Among them there are the members and staff of the Council Secretariat of the IPA CIS and the experts of the International Institute on Monitoring of Democracy Development, Parliamentarianism and Suffrage Protection for the Citizens of the Members-States if IPA CIS.

 (Zhiger Baytelessov - 746303. With the assistance of the Press Service of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. Distributed by the press service of Mazhilis).