Armenian opposition demands people living abroad to be removed from electoral lists

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Dashnaktsutyun, Heritage and the Armenian National Congress have filed a letter to the police chief, prime minister, justice minister, CEC chairman, international observers and foreign ambassadors in Armenia, Armenia Today reports.

The letter says that the list of voters has 2,485,844 names, and with account of 50,000 jailed servicemen and civilians of secret lists, the figure reaches 2,535,844.

The document states that the census of 2011 stated a population of 3,285,767, while the real population is 2,871,767. The three opposition parties question authorities about 414,258 other people, or about 700,000 according to experts.

Armenian opposition demands information on full list of citizens, including the ones living abroad to make elections clear and legal. The authors of the letter believe that it would make the elections clear and prove elections as legal.