YEREVAN.- Amending the Electoral Code has opened up a good opportunity for Armenia to hold presidential election at a high level, spokesperson for Republican Party said.  

Eduard Sharmazanov commented for Armenian News-NEWS.am on the calls of presidential candidates to issue the list of citizens absent from Armenia.

Deputy Speaker said the problem is not as critical as the candidates present.

“We accept there is a problem. But there are no such lists,” he said, adding this cannot prevent from holding elections at a high level.

Armenian presidential contenders — opposition Freedom Party Chairman, former PM Hrant Bagratyan, opposition National Self-Determination Union Chairman Paruyr Hayrikyan, and opposition Heritage Party Chairman, former FM Raffi Hovannisian released a statement and presented their shared concerns with respect to the forthcoming election.  

“We find it necessary [for the authorities] to publicize the lists of the citizens [of Armenia] that are absent from the republic, of those—[and] in violation of Armenia’s Constitution—that are deprived of the opportunity to exercise their right to vote, so as to rule out the incidents of voting in lieu of the citizens that are absent from the country,” they said.