Hovannisian to challenge constitutionality of Electoral CodeMarch 6, 2013 - 17:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legal adviser of Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian headquarters Karen Mezhlumyan will appeal to the Constitutional Court to challenge the constitutionality of Article 18 part 5 of Armenia’s Electoral Code. Heritage board vice president Armen Martirosyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that Hovannisian addressed the administrative court against the Central Election Commission (CEC), with the lawsuit, however, rejected. Hovannisian addressed the administrative court with a demand to announce CEC’s Feb 25 decision invalid. He urged the CEC to include the costs of president-elect Serzh Sargsyan’s over 1600 election headquarters and posters in former candidate’s campaign expenses Earlier, Armen Martirosyan issued an appeal to the CEC, urging to announce Serzh Sargsyan’s candidacy invalid. The appeal was rejected. Meanwhile, under the Article 5 of Armenian Electoral Code, the candidates, parties running in proportional electoral system, as well as political blocs may set up election headquarters, which can’t be located in state and local government buildings. The posters on campaign headquarters are not considered printed promotional materials, unless they include direct calls and unless each poster area exceeds 6 square meters Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |