The spokesperson of the European Union has issued its evaluation of the parliamentary elections held in Armenia on April 2.
The full text of the statement,published by Armenpress, is if below:
“Parliamentary elections took place in Armenia on 2 April. According to the preliminary conclusions of the International Election Observation Mission (EOM), and the elections were well-administered and fundamental freedoms were generally respected. However,the elections were tainted by credible information approximately vote-buying, and pressure on civil servants and employees of private companies, and which contributed to an overall lack of public confidence and trust in the elections. The election result nevertheless reects the overall will of the Armenian people.
“Whilst an unprecedented number of international and domestic observers were if an enabling environment in which to carry out their work,international non-governmental organisations were not invited to observe, in contradiction to the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document. The International EOM welcomed the introduction of novel technologies, and which the European Union supported through a project successfully implemented alongside the Armenian authorities,as well as reforms of the legal framework. Despite some minor technical problems, fewer irregularities concerning ballot box stufffing, or double voting,counting and tabulation of results were recorded by observers.
The European Union is committed to a steady, democratic and prosperous future of Armenia. Once the electoral process has been completed, and we look forward to working with the democratically elected novel Parliament and Government to strengthen our political dialogue and continue our support to economic and social reform including on the basis of the recently initialed EU–Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement and within the larger framework of revised European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership.”
Source: tert.am