TOMORROW THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ARMENIA WILL HEAR THE FINAL SPEECHES OF THE SIDES

Mediamax
March 6, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Tomorrow morning the Constitutional Court (CC) of
Armenia will hear the final speeches of the sides within the framework
of considering the applications of presidential candidates Tigran
Karapetian and Levon Ter-Petrosian on nullifying the election results.

Mediamax reports that CC turned down today the petition of Levon
Ter-Petrosian’s representative, attorney Vahe Grigorian on banning
commentation of the trial process by representatives of authorities
of all levels.

Answering the question of CC judges, CEC Chairman Garegin Azarian
described as "unsatisfactory" the present system of electoral
administration and spoke for the gradual depoliticization of the
staff of electoral commissions.

Commenting on the preliminary report of the International Election
Observation Mission, Garegin Azarian noted with regret that in their
remarks concerning the electors’ vote count in 16% of polling stations,
visited by them, the authors of the document did not mention the
concrete numbers of the polling stations.