Prompt legal assistance cars to operate in presidential election in Armenia

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15.02.2008, 16:25

Forty legal assistance cars will be operating in all Armenian regions for voters in the presidential election on February 19.

YEREVAN, February 15. /ARKA/. Forty legal assistance cars will be operating in all Armenian regions for voters in the presidential election on February 19.

At the roundtable “Effective means of right protection under RA Election Code”, Chairman of the Institute of Civil Society NGO Artak Kirakosyan reported that the legal assistance teams are supposed to prevent possible escalation of the situation.

According to him, the crews include political activists, lawyers, who are involved in the program on a voluntary basis, observers, who will have access to the counting of votes.

The cars belong to the “Presidential Election 2008” legal initiative, which unites 52 organizations from all Armenian regions. Fifteen of the cars were operating in Armenia in the parliamentary elections on May 12, 2007.

The roundtable “Effective means of right protection under RA Election Code” was organized in association with the Bar Chamber of Armenia, American Bar Association (ABA/CEELI) and US Agency for International Development (USAID). –0—

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