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CEC DECLINES CANDIDATE'S COMPLAINT
YEREVAN, February 6. / ARKA /. At an extraordinary meeting today
Armenia's Central Election Commission declined a complaint from a
presidential candidate, Andrias Ghukasian, who claims that the use of
his image in a campaign ad of the incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan
who is seeking reelection in February 18 polls, may mislead the voters.
According to CEC, it does not have the legal authority to assess
public perception of the information provided by candidates, let alone
impose sanctions because of this perception.
It said in a statement that no law prohibits presidential candidates
from using images of other people in their campaign videos.
The February 18 election will be contested by eight candidates -
the incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan, former prime minister
Hrant Bagratyan, ex-foreign minister Raffi Hovannisian, a Soviet
time dissident Paruyr Hayrikyan, former foreign minister of Karabakh
Arman Melikyan, a political analyst Andrias Ghukasyan, a businessman
Vartan Sedrakian and Aram Harutyunyan, leader of a small National
Unity party. -0-
YEREVAN, February 6. / ARKA /. At an extraordinary meeting today
Armenia's Central Election Commission declined a complaint from a
presidential candidate, Andrias Ghukasian, who claims that the use of
his image in a campaign ad of the incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan
who is seeking reelection in February 18 polls, may mislead the voters.
According to CEC, it does not have the legal authority to assess
public perception of the information provided by candidates, let alone
impose sanctions because of this perception.
It said in a statement that no law prohibits presidential candidates
from using images of other people in their campaign videos.
The February 18 election will be contested by eight candidates -
the incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan, former prime minister
Hrant Bagratyan, ex-foreign minister Raffi Hovannisian, a Soviet
time dissident Paruyr Hayrikyan, former foreign minister of Karabakh
Arman Melikyan, a political analyst Andrias Ghukasyan, a businessman
Vartan Sedrakian and Aram Harutyunyan, leader of a small National
Unity party. -0-