The Armenian Homeland Party, which did not pass the minimum threshold during the June 20 snap parliamentary elections, is one of the forces that will appeal to the Constitutional Court in order to contest the results of the election. As Anahit Yeghoyan, the head of the political party, told Aravot Daily, they have all the bases for election violations.
“Starting with the fact that there is an undefined sample of ballots and the incorrect placement of the ballot boxes ending with the incorrect number of electronic devices. We have all the materials to appeal to the Constitutional Court. In our estimation, all of this had a great impact on the election results. The rights of approximately 900,000 voters were violated, including those with disabilities. If about 900,000 citizens could not participate in the elections, I think it is a serious number for the elections to be considered invalid.”
We asked whether the citizens of the mentioned number did not want to take part in the voting or whether obstacles were created for them. “They could not participate. For example, normal conditions were not created for people with disabilities to be able to approach the polling station and vote. And the number of people with disabilities and the right to vote in Armenia is quite large,” she said. We also asked about which other group of citizens is included in that number. “There are people who had problems with passports and registration,” Yeghoyan concluded.
Today is the deadline for presenting appeals to the Constitutional Court. Earlier, the authorized representatives of the Sovereign Armenia, Verelk, and Pan-Armenian National Statehood parties, which did not pass the past threshold but presented appeals for a recount, informed Aravot Daily that they will not be appealing to the Constitutional Court.
Luiza Sukiasyan
