I came to a conclusion that it is impossible to falsify anything: Russian State Duma observer delegation’s head

Viktor Vodolatski – Deputy Chair of the Russian State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Links with Compatriots, head of the Russian State Duma observer delegation, shared his opinion over Armenia’s parliamentary election in a meeting with reporters in Yerevan on April 2.

“Our group of observers is comprised of 9 people. We have mainly toured in polling stations of Yerevan. 2 of observers will soon arrive from Gyumri and Stepanavan,” he said, adding that he managed to visit 10 polling stations, and yesterday he visited Garni and Geghard to see how the election preparation works are going.

“In the morning I passed the entire voting procedure with one of the grandmothers in order to understand where it will be possible to violate something and came to a conclusion that it is impossible to falsify anything,” Viktor Vodolatski said. Vodolatski doesn’t think that any voter can complain over the new form of voting.

“I think various states will learn the elements of this new format so that to avoid complaints later. The new technique only has one problem: sometimes there are crowds since scanner recognizes with difculty the ngerprints of elderly people. If other countries decide to apply these mechanisms, they must consider this,” he said.

Vodolatski said many parties didn’t clearly present the further development of Armenia-Russia relations in their programs, perhaps this is the reason that some part of the voters is confused while giving his/her vote to this party or the alliance.

He also informed that after 17:00 they will visit several polling stations and will try to communicate with the youth since they freely, openly say whom they give their votes and why. In conclusion, Viktor Vodolatski congratulated all on the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Armenian-Russian diplomatic relations which marks on April 3.

“We are determined positively for developing the relations between the two countries in social, cultural, economic and other spheres,” he said.