Armenia`s CEC head presents Armenian experience of combating  disinformation to OIF delegates

ArmInfo. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia received a delegation of the 

International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), which is assessing legal norms in the field of combating disinformation.

According to the press service of the Central Election Commission of 

Armenia, the delegation included head of the information security 

department of the Directorate for Political Affairs and Democracy of 

the International Organization of the Francophonie Bertrand Levan, an 

international expert on public policy and media regulation, 

rapporteur on the results of the mission Jean-Francois Furnemont, 

vice-president of the Audiovisual Council of Moldova Ana Gonta and 

OIF Representation for Central and Eastern Europe (REPECO) program 

officer Elise Zahi

Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Armenia Vahagn 

Hovakimyan at a meeting with the guests expressed his readiness to 

expand the scope of cooperation.

The guests were interested in what functions the Central Election 

Commission performs in the fight against disinformation and how 

likely it is that disinformation can disrupt the electoral process.  

The Chairman of the Central Election Commission stated that in the 

legislation of Armenia, and especially in the Electoral Code, there 

are many norms that are aimed at preventing or at least reducing the 

spread of false information and its impact on the electoral 

processes. Legislative norms that are fully applied were presented in 

detail. It was noted that from the point of view of combating false 

information, especially in the election cycle, the most effective way 

is prompt interaction with the media, simultaneous monitoring and 

prompt information.

Pointing out the importance of combating disinformation, Hovakimyan 

also said that the draft five-year strategy for the CEC's activities 

pays special attention to combating disinformation.