Exit polls not legally forbidden in Armenia
19.02.2008,
02:35
Exit polls are not legally forbidden in Armenia, Central Election Commission Secretary Armen Bakhchagulyan said on Monday.
YEREVAN, February 18. /ARKA/. Exit polls are not legally forbidden in Armenia, Central Election Commission Secretary Armen Bakhchagulyan said on Monday.
“Exit polls are not prohibited by Armenian law. We will be guided by principles “what is not forbidden, is permitted” and every organization can carry out any activity, but election campaigning outside oiling stations”, he said.
U.S. Embassy in Armenia and U.S. Agency for International Development decided on January 18 not to hold exit polls during the 2008 presidential election in Armenia.
However, exit polls won’t be held, because International Republican Institute and Baltic Surveys Ltd/Gallup failed to reach an accord on procedural matters and to find solution acceptable to all.
Sergey Kapinos, the head of the OSCE Yerevan Office finds reasons for refraining from exit polls objective.
He pointed out the lack of the idea of who will conduct exit polls as one of these reasons.-0---
“Exit polls are not prohibited by Armenian law. We will be guided by principles “what is not forbidden, is permitted” and every organization can carry out any activity, but election campaigning outside oiling stations”, he said.
U.S. Embassy in Armenia and U.S. Agency for International Development decided on January 18 not to hold exit polls during the 2008 presidential election in Armenia.
However, exit polls won’t be held, because International Republican Institute and Baltic Surveys Ltd/Gallup failed to reach an accord on procedural matters and to find solution acceptable to all.
Sergey Kapinos, the head of the OSCE Yerevan Office finds reasons for refraining from exit polls objective.
He pointed out the lack of the idea of who will conduct exit polls as one of these reasons.-0---
