CIS observation mission on elections: by indicator of transparency,  the Armenian colleagues overcame some European states  

ArmInfo. "The April 2nd parliamentary elections in Armenia were held in the atmosphere of transparency", the Head of the CIS Observation Mission, CIS Executive Committee Chairman Segey Lebedev stated on April 3 in Yerevan,  calling on colleagues from commonwealth to learn from the Armenian  colleagues.  

Since March 14, 172 representatives of CIS Mission were observing the  preparation to elections.  But before that, according to Lebedev,  they were following the process through the media publication, as  they were understanding that the novelties, which were implemented in  the Electoral Code of Armenia, are new for whole CIS as well. "We  were interested in following how those novelties will show themselves  in real life", admitted the head of the mission. But, due to  worldwide support the Armenian authorities had, the observers  completed their mission successfully and are satisfied with the  process.  

And though, according to mission representatives' admittance,  technical novelties, in a way, made the process of choosing for the  people more complicated, especially for elders, preparation works,  however, minimized them. And the registered shortcomings, according  to him, did not have significant role.  "According to our assets,  those technical novelties in electoral code made the process more  transparent and maximally hard to falsification. It means the task  set by the authorities is achieved the best", he stated. As a result,  according to mission, the elections were held calmly and organized.  "In a way, the Armenian colleagues even overcame some European  states, which are trying to teach us democracy", noted Lebedev,  adding that the Armenian experience should be used in CIS states.    

The observers do note consider that the RPA abused administrative  recourses. 

Russian Parliament's representative Igor Chernyshenko, who is not for  the first time in Armenia says that the results were predictable. "We  saw a clear organization of the process and the little failures did  not lead to falsification of real results of voting", stated the  representative of Belarus Boleslav Pirshtuk adding that Armenians  have prevailed and that they have a lot to learn from Armenians.

The representatives of the mission noted constructive approach of the  candidates as well, which were not only avoiding the confrontation  but black PR as well. 

172 representatives from 8 CIS member states were implementing  observation mission, they visited 1215 polling stations and  participated in opening of those station.