CEC REGISTERS ISHKHAN KHACHATRIAN AS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY FROM
OYP’S LIST BY PROPORTIONAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM
YEREVAN, MAY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. At the May 8 sitting, the RA Central
Electoral Commission (CEC) registered Ishkhan Khachatrian as a National
Assembly (NA) deputy from the electoral list of the Orinats Yerkir
Party (OYP) by the proportional electoral system. In making this
decision, the CEC took as a basis the NA report on termination of
deputy powers of the OYP chairman Arthur Baghdasarian who has been
appointed secretary of the Security Council, as well as the
applications of Victoria Harutyunian and Vahe Vardapetian (both from
the OYP list) rejecting their nomination. By the Electoral Code, in
case of the proportional electoral system mandate’s remaining vacant,
the CEC shall give it to the next candidate on the given party’s list
within 7 days.
Representative of "Heritage" party Zoya Tadevosian was the only one to
vote against the CEC decision. She explained her position by the fact
that at the previous sitting on April 23, the CEC published the
applications of two candidates on the OYP list – Gegham Gasparian and
Victoria Harutyunian about their refusal of nomination, whereas they
had not signed these applications.
At the April 23 sitting, the CEC made a decision to send these
applications to the RA prosecutor general’s office. According to the
CEC secretary Aram Bakhchagulian, if the authenticity of these
signatures is not confirmed, the CEC will have to review the
registration of the new deputy.
NT correspondent was informed by spokeswoman for the RA prosecutor
general Sona Truzian that the prosecutor’s office sent these
applications to the Kentron police station, According to the
prosecutor’s office, the examination has not been completed yet.