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Numerous violations challenge to presidential election results, Artur Baghdasaryan’s staff

21.02.2008, 01:34
The numerous violations during the presidential election in Armenia arte a challenge to the election results, says a statement provided to ARKA by the election staff of the presidential nominee of the opposition party Country of Law.
YEREVAN, February 20. /ARKA/. The numerous violations during the presidential election in Armenia arte a challenge to the election results, says a statement provided to ARKA by the election staff of the presidential nominee of the opposition party Country of Law.

“The election process was accompanied by numerous cases of intimidation, blackmail, beating of proxies and election commission members,” says the statement.

Among the violations are ballot-box stuffing, large-scope offers of election bribes, open ballot and repeating, numerous refusals to register written complaints lodged by election commission members representing the Country of Law Party (CLP), which challenges the legality and fairness of the elections.

“We initiating a process of revising and appealing the election returns, demand the invalidation of the election results in over 100 election districts and recounting of votes in over 2-00 election districts. As a result, the number of votes cast for Artur Baghdasaryan, which, in turn, will essentially influence the final results,” states Artur Baghdasaryan’s election staff.

The CLP leadership appeals to the country’s authorities for not putting any obstacles to the revision of the election returns in conformity with the established order. Any attempts to prevent the revision of the voting results before the final election results are summed up are fraught with public confrontation, says the statement.

Nine candidates were participating in the February 19 presidential election in Armenia.

According to the data published by the RA Central Electoral Commission (CEC) by 11:52 a.m. on Wednesday, the incumbent RA Premier Serge Sargsyan received 863,544 votes (52.86%), Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan 351,306 votes (21.5%), Chairman of the CLP Artur Baghdasaryan 272,256 votes (11.666%), Vice-Speaker of the RA Parliament Vahan Hovhannisyan 100,876 votes (6.12%).–0--