On March 30, on the day of local self-government bodies in Gyumri and Parakar communities, the staff of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia worked from early in the morning.
According to the Defender's instructions, among otherwise, he studied in the media and more than 300 square in social networks.
As a result of the monitoring, voters' guides, the presence of outsiders, accumulations, the secrecy of the voting, the state of furnishing the polling stations, the polling stations were not published in connection with other issues.
The staff of the Human Rights Defender has carefully studied information on the possible obstacles to the work of journalists and observers.
In addition, on the instructions of the Human Rights Defender, monitoring visits were visited by polling stations to monitor access to the electoral process and people with disabilities.
Persons with disabilities also took part in the unannounced visit of the monitoring.
In this context, there were problems with the area of the area, buildings, voting room, including room, access to the availability of the room, access to the bathroom. At the same time, the mentioned issues were also recorded in the list of available and partially affordable precinct centers published on the website of the Central Electoral Commission as such in the mentioned precinct centers.
For example, it was reported that the voting room on the list was on the ground floor, while the basement was found on the basement, and the entrance was only stairs.
Problems with access to information for people with disabilities have also been registered.
The polling stations were not provided with magnifiers, there was a lack of awareness about the application of Braille Templates, etc.
Information was also received that the person was unable to leave the house due to disabilities, which is also a result of the lack of legislative possibility to participate in the voting through a traveling box.
During the electoral processes of the local self-government bodies, a high level of hatred, discrimination and society's polarization was registered, which is inadmissible.
The issues registered during the electoral process will be summarized and posted on the competent state authorities.
