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YEREVAN, MAY 24, ARMENPRESS:
More than ninety changes have been made in the amended electoral code. The National Assembly started the second reading discussion. The amendments will make changes in the whole electoral process starting from pre-electoral, ending with post-electoral processes, chairman of the state-legal affairs standing committee of the NA Davit Harutyunyan said at a news conference today.
He said the changes also relate to the rights of observers, summing up the voting, organization of processes in the post-electoral rounds, etc. Davit Harutyunyan said one of the important changes is the right of opposition to have a representative at the electoral commission who may oversight the process of elections.
The parliamentarian said even in countries were the elections are passing without issues the Electoral codes are being amended. "And in the countries where the public trust toward elections is not big, the Electoral codes are changing more frequently to respond to the raised issues, improve the quality of elections. The Electoral Code has been changed from exactly this viewpoint, criticism was also taken into consideration", he said.