AZARYAN DOESN’T LIKE THE LAW
Support A1+!“14 665 irregularities did not affect the election outcome. The plaintiff’s arguments are groundless and we cannot recognize the parliamentary elections invalid. There was only a slight technical shortcoming, nothing more.” said Garegin Azaryan, the Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, during the hearing of the four oppositional forces’ suit.
“Prime Minister’s actions cannot be regarded as an abuse of power. As for the raffle initiated by the Prosperous Armenia Party, we made inquires from the party members and they refuted the rumors.”
Azaryan said that he had been guided by the provisions of the Electoral Code and he hadn’t followed Article 11 of the Law on “Television and Radio,” under which “political advertisements are forbidden at the period preceding the election campaign and during it.”
“Azaryan has made a striking announcement. He didn’t employ the law as he didn’t like Article 11. This implies that the CEC Chairman doesn’t like certain constitutional articles, therefore, he doesn’t employ them,” Nikol Pashinyan told A1+.
The hearing will continue on June 5.
