Narek Karapetyan, a member of the council of the Strong Armenia Party, has stated that the ruling force does not have enough mandates to hold a constitutional referendum in Armenia “at the demand of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.”

Speaking during a livestream on Facebook, Karapetyan commented on the results of the recent parliamentary elections.

“Today we received the final opinion of constitutional law experts, according to which, even after all these alleged violations, electoral fraud and the theft of more than 50,000 votes from an entire party — the Prosperous Armenia Party — the ruling force still does not have enough mandates to hold a constitutional referendum in Armenia at Aliyev’s request. Aliyev’s constitutional referendum will not take place,” he said.

Karapetyan did not provide additional details regarding the legal assessment he referenced or the constitutional experts involved.

On June 14, the final results of the June 7 parliamentary elections were published. The Civil Contract party received 726,819 votes, or 49.7456 percent. Strong Armenia won 340,006 votes, or 23.2710 percent, while the Hayastan Alliance received 144,983 votes, or 9.9231 percent. The Prosperous Armenia Party failed to pass the 4 percent threshold, receiving 58,287 votes, or 3.9893 percent.

Civil Contract will hold 64 seats in parliament, including three seats allocated to representatives of national minorities. Strong Armenia will have 29 seats, including one seat reserved for an Assyrian representative, while the Hayastan Alliance will hold 12 seats.