CEC sent ANC to court
The Central Electoral Commission heard the case regarding the hindrances on the Armenian National Congress campaign.
ANC representative Patvakan Hovakimyan was trying to explain to the CEC that the Yerevan city council is standing in the way of the ANC campaign by suggesting that citizens gather somewhere else.
Hovakimyan also stated how the police created problems for the permitted march by forcing people to walk on the sidewalk.
"Why are you prohibiting something that a person already has a right to?" asked member of the "Heritage" party Zoya Tadevosyan.
Member of the Central Electoral Commission Karen Poladyan released the decision of the CEC and announced that the CEC doesn't have the right to discuss decisions made by the mayor of Yerevan.
"It can be protested in court."
The CEC did not pay attention to Hovakimyan's claims according to which the denials of Yerevan city council on the notices of ANC go against the 6th part of Article 18 of the Electoral Code.
The CEC agenda also included four other issues raised by Ruben Torosyan, yet they were discussed in Torosyan's absence.
The CEC happily discussed the fact that Gagik Beglaryan had been present at the opening of the zoo on May 1 and had made promises.
Tadevosyan recalled that according to the existing legislation, Beglaryan's official visits and meetings are the only things that could be covered and his visit to the zoo doesn't fit in with that.
The CEC members were happy and denied Ruben Torosyan's appeal saying that the other candidates could have been at the zoo that day and that is not a violation of the EC.
Another issue raised by Torosyan concerned inclusion of women in electoral lists. The CEC wandered off the topic and started to ask about Mrs. Tadevosyan's personal views. In response to questions regarding managerial skills of men and women, Tadevosyan said:
"What matters to me is the way people are and not gender. But I can assure you-women are more in charge than men."
Head of the CEC Garegin Azaryan called everybody's attention to the main topic and denied this appeal as well.
