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Constitutional Court of Armenia concluded consideration of applications
of presidential candidates on nullifying election results
March 7, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia concluded
today consideration of the applications of presidential candidates
Tigran Karapetian and Levon Ter-Petrosian on nullifying official
results of presidential elections and left for the decision room for
making the decision on the given case.
Mediamax reports that during the session, which took place today, the
sides presented their final speeches. Representative of Levon
Ter-Petrosian Artak Zeinalian stated that there are names of 80
thousand citizens in the electors' lists without information on their
birthdates. He also expressed concern in connection with the
`inactivity of CEC and the General Prosecutor's Office'. Zeinalian
stated that in electronic media, impartiality and balance were not
secured in the process of covering the election campaign.
CEC Chairman Garegin Azarian noted that `disputing the results of
elections is for both presidential candidates an end in itself'.
According to him, real results of voting fully correspond to the
publicized official results of elections.
In his turn, the Deputy Prosecutor General of Armenia Aram Tamazian
stated that `the violations, registered in the process of pre-election
campaign and voting, were not of mass nature and could not influence
the final official results of the elections'. `Taking into account the
given fact, the applications of presidential candidates should be
turned down by the court', he stressed.
In his speech, the First Deputy Head of Police Ararat Mahtesian stated
that `many facts, brought by the representatives of plaintiffs, are of
mystical and unfounded nature'. According to him, `absence of
information on the dates and the years of birth of certain electors is
related to the fact that they lacked registered information'. Ararat
Mahtesian informed that they talk mainly about persons, who were born
in 30-40s of the previous century, as well as repatriates from Middle
East countries.
Hearing the final speeches of the sides, the judges left for the
decision room to make the decision. As the CC Chairman Gagik
Harutiunian stated, according to the existing legislation, the court
should make the decision up to 24:00 of March 8.
of presidential candidates on nullifying election results
March 7, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia concluded
today consideration of the applications of presidential candidates
Tigran Karapetian and Levon Ter-Petrosian on nullifying official
results of presidential elections and left for the decision room for
making the decision on the given case.
Mediamax reports that during the session, which took place today, the
sides presented their final speeches. Representative of Levon
Ter-Petrosian Artak Zeinalian stated that there are names of 80
thousand citizens in the electors' lists without information on their
birthdates. He also expressed concern in connection with the
`inactivity of CEC and the General Prosecutor's Office'. Zeinalian
stated that in electronic media, impartiality and balance were not
secured in the process of covering the election campaign.
CEC Chairman Garegin Azarian noted that `disputing the results of
elections is for both presidential candidates an end in itself'.
According to him, real results of voting fully correspond to the
publicized official results of elections.
In his turn, the Deputy Prosecutor General of Armenia Aram Tamazian
stated that `the violations, registered in the process of pre-election
campaign and voting, were not of mass nature and could not influence
the final official results of the elections'. `Taking into account the
given fact, the applications of presidential candidates should be
turned down by the court', he stressed.
In his speech, the First Deputy Head of Police Ararat Mahtesian stated
that `many facts, brought by the representatives of plaintiffs, are of
mystical and unfounded nature'. According to him, `absence of
information on the dates and the years of birth of certain electors is
related to the fact that they lacked registered information'. Ararat
Mahtesian informed that they talk mainly about persons, who were born
in 30-40s of the previous century, as well as repatriates from Middle
East countries.
Hearing the final speeches of the sides, the judges left for the
decision room to make the decision. As the CC Chairman Gagik
Harutiunian stated, according to the existing legislation, the court
should make the decision up to 24:00 of March 8.