“No information was provided refuting the applicants’ documents. If the evidence is not refuted and no other evidence is brought, then the fact is considered undisputed, confirmed. Constitutional justice has gone further. According to the law, if it is not possible to find out with the staff whether there was a real impact on the real result or not, then it is enough for the election results to be recognized as invalid,” I Have Honor alliance member and constitutional expert Anna Mkrtchyan said at the “Armenia’s political and legal challenges” conference organized by the Alternative Project Group regarding the Constitutional Court’s examination of the opposition’s applications challenging the election results.
“Roughly speaking, if the applicant substantiates a reasonable suspicion, it is sufficient to call the proceedings into question. No counter-arguments were voiced regarding the organization of violations and the abuse of administrative resources, although I think that the Constitutional Court has some constraints. And the Central Electoral Commission did what it had to do to make Nikol the winner of the elections while ignoring all kinds of violations, and the Constitutional Court had to overturn the decision of the CEC. The sad part is that the decision of the Constitutional Court will largely be dictated by political events, but it will be considered a legal precedent for the future, a destructive basis, and everyone will refer to it,” Anna Mkrtchyan added.
Luiza Sukiasyan
