ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PLANS TO APPEAL ELECTION RESULTS

Tert.am
11:07 ~U 12.01.10

The Armenian National Congress has issued a statement commenting on
the No. 10 electoral district elections which took place in central
Yerevan on January 10.

The statement, in part, reads:

"As it was expected, in the unoccupied National Assembly deputy
post of the No. 10 electoral district elections, the administration
once again put into effect its arsenal of coercion, illegitimacy and
electoral fraud, mobilizing all of its resources.

"In violation of the norms of law, the election day was January 10
instead of December 26, particularly taking into account that the
10-12 days prior are holidays and thus, the press would be absent.

"Registered opposition candidate Nikol Pashinyan, during the entire
process, was unlawfully kept imprisoned; thus being personally denied
from participating in his own campaign.

"During the entire process, residents were kept in the dark: not
only did television stations refuse to broadcast any news about the
opposition candidate’s campaign, but they also did not broadcast the
election at all.

"Electoral committee members instead of fulfilling their official
duties, evidently occupied themselves with acquiring votes for the
pro-government candidate.

"[As a result,] the Armenian National Congress does not recognize
the election results, which it will appeal in all the court bureaus,
with the demand of recognizing [the election] as invalid."