ARKA News Agency, Armenia
May 13 2007
ARMENIAN "LAW-GOVERNED COUNTRY" PARTY TO APPEAL ELECTION RESULTS
YEREVAN, May 13. /ARKA/. The opposition party "Law-Governed Country"
intends to appeal the election results.
"The Law-Governed Country Party condemns the mass violations during
the May 12 parliamentary elections," says a statement provided to the
ARKA News Agency.
The party claims that large-scale violations were committed during
both the elections and vote-count. "Terror, bribes, ballot stuffing,
scandalous shortcomings during the vote-count and the distortion of
the real picture are a convincing argument for challenging the
legitimacy of elections," says the statement.
The party announces the commencement of judicial proceedings,
claiming revision of election results and refuses to sign the final
protocol of the RA Central Electoral Commission.
According to the CEC’s preliminary data, the "Law-Governed Country"
party overcame the 5% barrier, receiving 95,256 votes out of the
1,351,669.
The party was founded in 1997 and has 100,000 members. Its slate
includes 118 names, the top three being Chairman Artur Baghdasaryan,
and the Parliament members Mher Shahgeldyan and YUeghine Bishmaryan.
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