ArmInfo.Chairman of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe Gianni Buquicchio welcomes the initiative of the Armenian government to reform the Electoral Code. Gianni Buquicchio said this on October 31 during a meeting with the acting. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
According to the press service of the government, Pashinyan thanked the Venice Commission for its assistance in the implementation of reforms of the electoral legislation. And about. The Prime Minister noted that the IC reforms are aimed at forming the most free, fair and transparent electoral system. According to him, the RA government attaches particular importance to co-operation with the CE Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in carrying out the planned reforms.
Gianni Buquicchio, in turn, noted the importance of the planned changes in the field of electoral legislation. He noted that the Venice Commission positively assessed the planned reforms aimed at exercising citizens' electoral rights, protecting the rights of observers, expanding media access, ensuring the transparency of electoral processes, fighting electoral fraud, etc. The Chairman of the Council of Europe Venice Commission expressed the hope that reforms will be brought to life.
The parties discussed issues related to the electoral processes in Armenia, as well as extraordinary parliamentary elections. As noted by the. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the government will do everything possible to conduct elections, the results of which will not be called into question. Recall that on October 28, the parliamentary majority of the National Assembly of Armenia represented by the Republican Party failed another attempt of the government and a group of deputies from the Tsarukyan Bloc and Yelk factions to amend the Electoral Code and the package of related laws. Thus, given the limited time frame, the upcoming extraordinary parliamentary elections will most likely be held in accordance with the requirements of the current Electoral Code.