CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO EXAMINE ON MARCH 5 NIKOL PASHINIAN’S APPLICATION AGAINST DISTRICT ELECTION COMMISSION NO 10
Noyan Tapan
Jan 29, 2010
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Based on the application of Armenian
Times daily’s editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinian, the RA Constitutional
Court on March 5 will examine a case disputing the January 14
decision of district election commission (DEC) No 10 on election of
a National Assembly deputy by the majoritarian electoral system. As
NT was informed by the press service of the Constitutional Court,
the speakers on the case will be court members Henrik Danielian and
Felix Tokhian, the defendant is DEC No 10, and the co-defendant is
the Central Election Commission of Armenia.
To recap, as a result of the by-election held in Yerevan’s electoral
district No 10 on January 10, member of National Unity party Ara
Simonian was elected a deputy of the RA National Assembly. Another
candidate running in the by-election was Nikol Pashinian. After the
by-election, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison on a charge of
organizing mass disorder on 1 March 2008. The court decision has not
come into force yet: February 19 is the deadline for an appeal. The
third candidate running in the by-election in electoral district No
10 was chairman of the Marxist Party of Armenia Davit Hakobian.