YEREVAN. - If many forces unite round the platform of proposals excluding falsifications on the Electoral Code, the authorities will be so much pressed that they will have to accept those proposals.

Head of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) faction Levon Zurabyan told the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am correspondent.

Several days ago Zurabyan met with the OSCE /ODIHR representatives after which he realized that the international institutions back the forces united round the platform of these proposals.

To the question on how they are going to put pressure on the authorities, who are against their main proposals, i.e. publicizing of voter lists and voting via fingerprints, Zurabyan responded: “If there is a consensus and if the entire civil society, political forces and civil initiatives come up with demands and rational proposals, hindering falsifications during the elections, then the OSCE/ODIHR office will apparently be ready to guarantee these consolidated proposals and will help advance them with greater energy than in the absence of such a consolidation.”

In his words, the authorities claim that the publicizing of the voter lists contradicts the provision of the Venice Commission, according to which this is a violation of secret ballot.

To the question on whether these forces can’t address the same Venice Commission, the opposition MP said: “Unfortunately, there is no institutional form for the opposition to turn to the Venice Commission. This is a big problem. This Commission has institutional ties only with the authorities.”

Zurabyan also noted that the authorities and the Venice Commission don’t decide on everything regarding the publicizing of the voter lists. There are no less prestigious institutions, which don’t consider this as an obstacle, he noted.

“No less authoritative OSCE/ODIHR noted in their final report that despite the confirmations of the Venice Commission, this practice isn’t actually prohibited by the international legislation and is applied in a number of countries, including UK. And secondly, they presented a legal justification on why it can be allowed to get familiarized with the voter lists.”