2008 Presidential Elections to Cost 660 Million Drams

Echannel.am reports, that the CEC has requested 660 million drams for the organization of the 2008 Presidential Elections.
Speaking in front of the Parliament the head of CEC Gregin Azaryan has noted, that 1 billion 582 million drams will be allocated to the CEC according to the 2008 State Budget. 144 million drams will be spent on the staff costs of the CEC, 660 million will be spent on the organization of the Presidential elections as mentioned above, 716 million drams will be spent on the organization of the Local Self-Government elections scheduled for Fall 2008.  The remaining 61 million drams will be spent on the organization of trainings.