CEC SECRETARY REFUTED THE STATEMENTS OF TER-PETROSIAN’S REPRESENTATIVES, ACCORDING TO WHICH THEY PRESENTED ABOUT 300 COMPLAINTS, BUT THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED ONLY 2 OF THEM
Mediamax
February 27, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC)
Abram Bakhchugalian stated in Yerevan today that the vote recount,
held in 135 polling stations, did not influence on the final results
of the elections.
Mediamax reports that Abram Bakhchugalian said today that when on
February 24 CEC publicized the final results of the presidential
elections, it acted within the framework of law.
According to him, by 14:00 of February 24, the data of all the
protocols from 1923 polling stations were included in the central
server of CEC, and "there was no point in delaying the given process".
CEC Secretary refuted the statements of the proxies of presidential
candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian, according to which they presented 300
complaints, however the Commission considered only 2 of them.
Abram Bakhchugalian informed that after the elections, the Commission
received 170 complaints, 135 of which were considered, and 24 are in
the process of consideration.
The CEC Secretary informed that on the eve the Commission received a
letter from the representatives of Levon Ter-Petrosian with the request
to nullify the results of the elections, which will be considered in
the course of the nearest 5 days.