The two days training on informing youth about the electoral
processes have took place from 4th to 5th of March 2017 in te cnference hal of
"Goris" hotel. 30 young people from Kapan and Goris have been trained
on topics about the political system and electoral rights. The topics of the
first day of the training was ''Who is who in the politics'' which have been
conducted by the trainer Arthur Grigoryan. ''The Rights Information Center''
NGO president Mr Marat Dadunts have had an entrance speech. During the training
the youth have obtained deep knowledge about the electoral processes¸ the
rights of voters and the role of people in the politics. There were active
discussions and the young people gave questions and got answers to their
questions.
On the second day of the training the topics were “The
order of the National Assembly elections” and “Who am I in the politics” which
were conducted by Daniel Ionnisyan from “The Union of informed citizens” NGO.
During this training the youth have got informed with the structure of the
National Assembly of RA and with topics like “Allocation of seats”, “The
formation of a stable majority”, “Ranking lists of candidates”. At the end of
the session, Kapan and Goris were divided into 15 working groups to begin
organizing similar trainings, presentations on the importance of fare elections
and the voters’ rights for their peers
and students in the universities and in their communities. The goal is to make
the information available for at least 2,500 citizens around Syunik region and
have more informed citizens who know their rights and the electoral procedure.
Soon there will be debates between parties, deputy candidates and alliances
participating in NA elections. These debates will be organized by the 30
trained participants
