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Two Armenian blocs to demand top court annul election results

PanArmenian, Armenia

– 16:28 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Two Armenian blocs that collected enough votes to secure seats in the parliament will challenge the results of the June 20 elections with the Constitutional Court, demanding that the court invalidate the outcome.

Caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party won almost 54% of the vote, while Hayastan (Armenia) bloc headed by second President Robert Kocharyan secured around 22% of the ballots. "I Have Honor" bloc too will get seats in the parliament.

Hayastan member Robert Hayrapetyan said on Sunday, June 27 that the bloc will file an application with Armenia's top court by July 2, alleging voter fraud and the use of administrative resources. Hayrapetyan said "we are dealing with" 200,000 ballots, which he said could have a significant impact on the outcome of the elections.

Sos Hakobyan from "I Have Honor" bloc raised similar questions and said they will demand the annulment of elections results.

Deputy head of the Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabyan told Pastinfo, meanwhile, that the party would not take the matter to the Constitutional Court, although the ANC said in an earlier statement that elections were "far from being free and fair."

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS