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 President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. ARARAT special evening dedicated to Aznavour's 100th Anniv. On May 20 ARARAT legendary Armenian brandy, celebrated the centennial of Maestro Charles Aznavour with a special event. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |