RA CEC dismisses ANC's claim on recognizing Yerevan City Council elections as illegitimateJune 6, 2009 - 20:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Central Electoral Committee dismissed the claim of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) to recognize as illegitimate the elections into Yerevan City Council. Garegin Azaryan, head of CEC, making a speech in this connection mentioned, that submitted complaints have not been properly composed. The documents do not have signatures, in many cases contain unaddressed, private and emotional evaluations, which cannot become undeniable facts for recognizing the Yerevan City Council's elections as illegitimate. Simultaneously, he mentioned that CEC does not deny that violations took place on May 31, according to him, most of them were eliminated immediately in elections day. "This 370-page claim does not make ourselves liable to think about possible impact on the results of the elections," Azaryan stressed. Head of CEC believes, that by submitting such a multipage package to RA CEC, ANC pursued his object to pull the electoral committee into a long official circumlocution. According to Mr.Azaryan, in order to recognize illegitimacy of the elections, consequences of violations should carry irreversible nature, and the possibility of precise checking of the expression of voters' will should be lost. "ANC, however, has not submitted such facts," Mr. Azaryan said. The Central Electoral Committee of Armenia must totalize the outcomes of the Yerevan City Council elections by the end of June 7. 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 | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |