Charpentier: The upcoming parliamentary elections are of fundamental importance for Armenia
ArmInfo.The upcoming parliamentary elections are of fundamental importance for Armenia, and why not, for France, just as for the EU and the international
community. French Ambassador to Armenia Jean-Francois Charpentier
said this in an interview with Azatutyun, answering the question
whether the Armenian-European relations will suffer if the elections
in Armenia do not meet the expectations of Europe.
"It is of fundamental importance that voters are confident and go to
the polls and vote as dictated by their soviets and conscience. That
is why the European Union decided to contribute to this process and
provided 7 million euros for the introduction of such mechanisms of
confidence in the polling stations, as video cameras, identity
devices that allow to exclude pressure on the voter. This is a
substantial amount," the diplomat said.
According to him, in democracy, it is very important that a voter be
able to exercise his / her free choice as far as possible for the
candidate whom he deems fit. Charpantier noted that this is a mutual
responsibility for political processes.