ON APRIL 2 FIRST INSTANCE COURT OF ARMAVIR MARZ TO EXAMINE LAWSUIT OF FORMER CANDIDATE FOR ARMAVIR MAYOR’S POST AGAINST DISTRICT ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Noyan Tapan
Mar 30 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The court of first instance of Armavir
marz will examine on March 2 the lawsuit of Arayik Aghababian, former
candidate for the post of mayor of the city of Armavir, head of the
Armavir structure of the "Prosperous Armenia" party, against district
electoral commission (DEC) No 21. The plaintiff told NT correspondent
that he disputes the commission’s protocol on results of the March 25
elections, and the March 26 decision on election of Ruben Khlghatian
Armavir mayor based on the data of this protocol.

As regards public claims about riggings in electoral rolls,
A. Aghababian said that these cliams make part of his complaint.

To recap, according to the summary protocol of DEC No 21, 8,322
voters voted for Ruben Khlghatian, current mayor, deputy head of
the Armavir regional structure of the Republican Party of Armenia,
and 6,844 voters – for A. Aghababian. 15,791 out of the total number
of Armavir voters of 25,884 participated in the voting.

It is noteworthy that the DEC did not receive any application-complaint
in the specified period, although A. Aghababian stated his intention
to dispute the DEC’s decision in public.