STEPANAKERT, JUNE 20. ARMINFO. International observers has not taken notice of any considerable violations in the course of the parliamentary elections of 4th convocation in NKR.
According to ARMINFO’s correspondent to Stepanakert, in the course of a press conference in Stepanakert, Observer Zoran Puzich from Croatia stated that had had visited electoral districts in all the regions in NKR together with other observes, but did not observed any considerable rigging. He emphasized the activity of electors, adding that fair elections were another step towards construction of democracy in Nagorny Karabakh.
Another observer from Czechia Milan Stephanez (editor-in-chief of “Czechia” newspaper) says he visited only 9 electoral districts in Stepanakert, Askeran and Mardakert regions, so he cannot assess the elections on the whole. But he observed such lacks as poor knowledge of the Law and definite articles of NKR Election Code by the members of district electoral commissions, participation of contract military in voting with a passport of Soviet example, a case when a voter showed his ballot-paper to a member of the election commission. He says such and even more considerable violations were characteristic to the elections in Azerbaijan and Belarus. Yana Gradilkova, another observer from Czechia (NGO Berkat) thinks the elections free and the people in NKR do not afraid of asking questions and getting answers to them.
Greek Observer Kostis Papaioannu has noticed the open interests of the citizens in the elections, aspiration to protect their right to freedom of will. He thinks the basic rights and freedoms, in particular, freedom of speech, are observed in Nagorny Karabakh, however, it is necessary to further develop them as democracy is an everyday process. He says he did not notice any serious violations.
Marina Sargsyan, an observer from Czechia, pointed out the activity of electors, the transparency and all the other democratic principles of elections, on the whole. She thinks the elections will play their role in creation of Nagorny Karabakh’s statehood.
It should be noted that a press-conference of the representatives of the US Observation Mission will take place in Yerevan today.
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