Armenia CEC asks top court to reject appeal for election results annulmentApril 26, 2017 - 22:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Central Electoral Commission on Wednesday, April 26 asked the constitutional court to reject an appeal initiated by the Armenian National Congress - People’s Party of Armenia (ANC-PPA) bloc. In court, the CEC acts as a respondent in the case, whereas the ANC-PPA seeks the annulment of results of parliamentary elections, held across Armenia on April 2. “The CEC rejects the appeal. I ask the court to consider it clearly unfounded and reject it,” CEC chairman Tigran Mukuchyan said in his speech. On Tuesday, the bloc’s lawyer presented to the constitutional court instances of elections fraud committed by the ruling Republican Party (RPA), The Armenian Renaissance, Tsarukyan bloc, YELQ and ORO alliances, as well as the Communist Party. The ANC-PPA on April 14 applied to the constitutional court to challenge the legitimacy of the results of parliamentary elections, held across the country on April 2. ANC-PPA had earlier submitted such an appeal to the Central Electoral Commission, which, however, was turned down shortly. 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 | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills U.S. doesn’t see Russia as contributing to peace in Caucasus Patel made the remarks when asked about the implications of Russia’s withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh. Up to 1% cashback when shopping on Wildberries with IDBank cards IDBank is launching an exclusive campaign on Wildberries for online shopping enthusiasts. |