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YEREVAN, APRIL 3, ARMENPRESS. The new Electoral Code allowed holding a better election in Armenia.
In an interview with Armenpress Eduard Sharmazanov, spokesman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), said there had been shortcomings, but in terms of technical equipment, the votes of people weren’t lost, double voting was ruled out.
Assessing the voting results, Sharmazanov said the public gave its vote of confidence to the Republican Party which is obliging and enables to continue the already started reforms.
“I don’t consider this as a victory since victories are in the battle field. This is very obliging”, Eduard Sharmazanov said.
He congratulated the remaining three political forces that passed the minimum required threshold and expressed hope that all MPs, regardless of political affiliation, will do everything so that the state and national interests are better served in Armenia.
Asked how many seats the RPA will have in the Parliament, Sharmazanov said the Central Electoral Commission will count this. “It is a fact that the Republican Party recorded a success and fully has a right to form a government”, he said.
The Central Electoral Commission on April 3, as of 12:00 convened an extraordinary session during which it summarized the results of 2009 polling stations and formed a protocol on preliminary results of the voting. According to the protocol, 4 political forces enter the Parliament: the RPA is leading with 49.12%, then comes Tsarukyan bloc (27.32%), Yelk bloc (7.77%) and the ARF (6.57%).
