Electoral Code Amendments Ahead of June Elections Disadvantage Country’s Leading Opposition Party
Successive Amendments to Electoral Code Appear Politicized and Undermine Public Trust in Democratic Process
(Yerevan, April 7, 2026): Recent amendments to Armenia’s Electoral Code adopted ahead of the June 2026 parliamentary elections that prohibit the use of personal names appear designed to disadvantage the “Strong Armenia” political opposition party and further undermine a fair and competitive electoral process, said the International Observatory for Democracy in Armenia (IODA).
IODA urged the government to cancel or delay any apparently politicized amendments at least until after the election of a new government.
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“These hasty electoral amendments smack of a naked ploy to disadvantage Armenia’s leading opposition political party, ‘Strong Armenia,’ by effectively requiring them to change the party’s well-known name just months before the elections,” said Sarah Leah Whitson. “The government and the ruling party have once again reached into their bag of tricks to tilt the election in its favor.”
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