Yerevan/Mediamax/. The United States joined the European Union, the UK, and Germany in providing financial support to the new voting processes for the spring 2017 parliamentary elections in Armenia.

The US Embassy in Armenia made this statement today.

“With our fellow international donors, all of whom are working in partnership with the United Nations Mission to Armenia, the U.S. Embassy will help fund the efforts of the Armenian government, political opposition, and civil society to strengthen trust in the Armenian electoral process via same-day voter authentication and the publication of signed voter lists after the elections, all as agreed in the June and September agreements,” the statement reads.

At the same time the US Embassy noted, “No single new electoral mechanism will completely do away with electoral fraud.”

“It is a matter of political will. Fundamentally, the burden is on the government and its constituent institutions – the Central Election Commission, law enforcement bodies, and the judiciary –to ensure the Armenian people’s free expression of choice at the voting booth; and to safeguard the unfettered work of domestic and international election observers and media during election in Armenia,” the statement reads. --0--