PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS UNDER MAJORITY SYSTEM IN 36TH ELECTION DISTRICT IN ARMENIA MUST BE VOIDED
29.06.2007,
22:22
The parliamentary elections in Armenia under the majority system in the 36th election district must be voided due to numerous violations in the course of elections, Sevak Saghatelyan, lawyer and representative of the declarant, appealing against the elect
YEREVAN, June 29. /ARKA/. The parliamentary elections in Armenia under the majority system in the 36th election district must be voided due to numerous violations in the course of elections, Sevak Saghatelyan, lawyer and representative of the declarant, appealing against the election results in this election district, reported at the sitting of the Constitutional Court on Friday.
“The mass violations, committed in the course of elections, call the justice of elections in question, and are a proper ground for voiding the election results,” he said.
According to Saghatelyan, protocols of divisional election committees testify to mass violations. In particular, the information about the number of ballots and ballot envelopes provided for election committees, as well as the information about the number of voters mismatch. He said that the number of inaccuracies in one of the 36th election district’s polling stations alone totaled 697, and the total number of inaccuracies in polling stations makes 2 to 129.
“A total of inaccuracies in the 36th election district amounts to 1441 that exceeds the difference of votes cast for deputy nominees who won the first and second places. This is at least doubtful,” Saghatelyan reported.
The parliamentary elections in Armenia were held on May 12. Non-party Mkhitar Varaghyan won the elections in the 36th election district. He collected about 14.8ths votes. His contenders Musheg Petrosyan and Musheg Saghatelyan collected 13,600 and 7,100 votes respectively.
Musheg Saghatelyan submitted the application for voiding the decision of the 36th election district’s committee “On approval of the results of the parliamentary elections under the majority system”. R.O. –0--
“The mass violations, committed in the course of elections, call the justice of elections in question, and are a proper ground for voiding the election results,” he said.
According to Saghatelyan, protocols of divisional election committees testify to mass violations. In particular, the information about the number of ballots and ballot envelopes provided for election committees, as well as the information about the number of voters mismatch. He said that the number of inaccuracies in one of the 36th election district’s polling stations alone totaled 697, and the total number of inaccuracies in polling stations makes 2 to 129.
“A total of inaccuracies in the 36th election district amounts to 1441 that exceeds the difference of votes cast for deputy nominees who won the first and second places. This is at least doubtful,” Saghatelyan reported.
The parliamentary elections in Armenia were held on May 12. Non-party Mkhitar Varaghyan won the elections in the 36th election district. He collected about 14.8ths votes. His contenders Musheg Petrosyan and Musheg Saghatelyan collected 13,600 and 7,100 votes respectively.
Musheg Saghatelyan submitted the application for voiding the decision of the 36th election district’s committee “On approval of the results of the parliamentary elections under the majority system”. R.O. –0--
