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ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF ARMENIA HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY APPLICATIONS CONCERNING THE RESULTS OF VOTE RECOUNT
Mediamax
February 27, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Today, as of 14:00, the Administrative Court of
Armenia had not received any applications or complaints concerning
the results of the vote recount in 135 polling stations.
Mediamax was told about this in an interview by the Chairman of the
Administrative Court of Armenia Tigran Mukuchyan.
He stated that, in accordance with the electoral legislation, the
presidential candidates, their proxies and members of the electoral
commission, who stated special opinion on the results of the elections,
have the right to present applications for the recount of votes up
till 14:00 of the following day after the elections. Tigran Mukuchyan
stated that in the process of ballots recount contradictions can
also arise concerning the actions of the area electoral commission,
which, according to the established order, may be contested in the
Administrative Court.
In case with the presidential elections in Armenia, the deadline for
submitting applications was 14:00 of February 27, however, by that
time no suits or complaints had been received by the Administrative
Court of Armenia, Tigran Mukuchyian stated.
Commenting on the request of Mediamax on the statement of the former
presidential candidate Artur Baghdasarian, according to which on
February 20 he applied for recount the votes in 135 polling stations,
however, the recount was realized only in 38, Tigran Mukuchyan stated
that if, according to the candidate, the given application was not
considered, basing on non-objective reasons, or the requirements of
law were violated, "they had all the legal levers for contesting the
actions of area electoral commissions according to the established
order".
Mediamax
February 27, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Today, as of 14:00, the Administrative Court of
Armenia had not received any applications or complaints concerning
the results of the vote recount in 135 polling stations.
Mediamax was told about this in an interview by the Chairman of the
Administrative Court of Armenia Tigran Mukuchyan.
He stated that, in accordance with the electoral legislation, the
presidential candidates, their proxies and members of the electoral
commission, who stated special opinion on the results of the elections,
have the right to present applications for the recount of votes up
till 14:00 of the following day after the elections. Tigran Mukuchyan
stated that in the process of ballots recount contradictions can
also arise concerning the actions of the area electoral commission,
which, according to the established order, may be contested in the
Administrative Court.
In case with the presidential elections in Armenia, the deadline for
submitting applications was 14:00 of February 27, however, by that
time no suits or complaints had been received by the Administrative
Court of Armenia, Tigran Mukuchyian stated.
Commenting on the request of Mediamax on the statement of the former
presidential candidate Artur Baghdasarian, according to which on
February 20 he applied for recount the votes in 135 polling stations,
however, the recount was realized only in 38, Tigran Mukuchyan stated
that if, according to the candidate, the given application was not
considered, basing on non-objective reasons, or the requirements of
law were violated, "they had all the legal levers for contesting the
actions of area electoral commissions according to the established
order".