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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION OBSERVATION DELEGATION PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA 6 MAY 2012 DRAFT PROGRAMME Members Mr Krzysztof LISEK, Poland, EPP (Chair) Mr Jan BŘEZINA, Czech Republic, EPP Mr Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ, Spain, S&D Mrs Norica NICOLAI, Romania, ALDE Mrs Judith SARGENTINI, The Netherlands, Verts/ALE Mr Milan CABRNOCH, Czech Republic, ECR Secretariat Ms Emilia GALLEGO PERONA, Administrator Ms Marta UDINA, Administrator Ms Françoise CLAES, Assistant Political Groups Mrs Edyta TARCZYNSKA, EPP Adviser Mrs Zuzana MILACKOVA, ECR Advisor Draft programme 1 / 3 Election Observation Delegation - Armenia 23 April 2012 Friday, 4 May 2012 12h30-13h30 Meeting with Mr. Tigran Mukuchyan, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission 15h00-18h00 Meeting with political parties - Republican Party of Armenia - Prosperous Armenia - Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Rule of Law - Heritage and Free Democrats - Armenian National Congress (A dinner could be organized for the Delegation) Draft programme 2 / 3 Election Observation Delegation - Armenia 23 April 2012 Saturday 5 May 2012 10h00-11h00 Meeting with representatives of the Civil Society - Armenian Helsinki Committee – Robert Revazyan, Lawyer - Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly – Artur Sakunts - Transparency International – Varuzhan Hoktanyan - It’s Your Choice – Harutyun Hambardzumyan - Open Society Institute – Larisa Minasyan - Regional Studies Center – Richard Giragosian - Counterpart International – Alex Sardar - Caucasus Institute – Nina Iskandaryan 11h00-12h00 Meeting with representatives of the media - Yerevan Press Club – Boris Navasardyan - RFE/RL – Aghasi Yenokyan - Public TC – Levon Falstyan - Public Radio – Nerses Davidyans - A1+ - Mesrop Simonyan - Azg Daily – Aghavni Harutyunyan - Jamanak Daily - Ms Lusine Khachatryan - Aravot daily newspaper - Aram Abrahamyan - http://kornelij.livejournal.com - Samvel Martirosyan Sunday 6 May 2012 - ELECTION DAY All day Observation of opening, polling and counting Monday 7 May 2012 Morning Debriefing of PA delegations (tbc) Press conference Draft programme 3 / 3 Election Observation Delegation - Armenia 23 April 2012.

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