“The referendum conducted on December 10, 2006 on the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) constitution meets most of the standards of the OSCE, the Council of Europe and other international structures in terms of democratic elections, equally used for the referenda as well. The referendum followed the broad and open discussions of the draft Constitution, where the proposals of both local organizations and international experts of Constitutional Law were taken into account. The broad public confidence, which is typical of an election in the NKR, has impressed greatly,” says the report issued by international observers upon the outcomes of the constitutional referendum in Karabakh, reports the RA MFA press office.
“The campaign was of pluralistic nature and gave an opportunity to all the political parties and unions to show their stance towards the draft Constitution to their electorates. The campaign was exercised mainly via media by having relatively a few numbers of big meetings.
The Central Referendum Commission (CRC) has made praise-worthy efforts to conduct this election in a professional and trustworthy manner and the due respect and honor should be given to the election administration for their endeavors under tough conditions.
Transparent ballot-boxes were used during the referendum that ensured more transparency for the voting.
We have not fixed any significant violations on the very day of the referendum.
The remarks made by the observers and the shortcomings in the work of the referendum commissions, which were rather of a technical nature, were taken into account and the necessary steps were undertaken to eliminate them.
The counting of the votes in the polling stations visited by us was exercised effectively and transparently,” the document says.
