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ARMENIAN COURT TURNS DOWN PETITION TO ANNUL RESULTS OF ELECTION
ITAR-TASS, Russia
March 14, 2013 Thursday 08:21 PM GMT+4
- Armenia's Constitution Court has turned down a lawsuit filed
by two candidates in the February 18 presidential election, Raffi
Hovannisian, and Andreas Gukassian, who demanded that the results of
voting be annulled.
The judges passed the decision after the hearings that had taken
three days.
Oppositionist candidates challenged the February 25 resolution of
Armenia's Central Electoral Commission, which stated that the results
of voting were conclusive and the country's incumbent President,
Serzh Sargsyan had won a new term office.
Hovannisian, 54, and Gukassian, 43, claimed procedural violations
affecting the final results had been committed during the vote-telling.
The former man received 36.74% votes, getting to the second position
from the top. He claimed however that he was the real winner, in the
light of which he demanded that Sargsyan turn state power over to him.
Hovannisian, a former U.S. citizen, was the first Foreign Minister
of independent Armenia in 1991 and 1992. He chairs the parliamentary
oppositionist Heritage party now.
He called a hunger strike last Sunday demanding that Sargsyan quit
the position of President Elect before the inauguration ceremony
scheduled for April 9.
Andreas Gukassian, a prospering businessman, got 0.57% votes that
placed him to the fifth position among the seven candidates.
The CEO who of Radio Hi, Gukassian held a hunger strike in front of
the parliament buildings downtown Yerevan from January 21 through to
February 19. He called on the CEC to revoke Sargsyan's registration
as a candidate for presidency and urged international observers to
leave the country, saying that their departure would automatically
bring about a cancellation of the election.
ITAR-TASS, Russia
March 14, 2013 Thursday 08:21 PM GMT+4
- Armenia's Constitution Court has turned down a lawsuit filed
by two candidates in the February 18 presidential election, Raffi
Hovannisian, and Andreas Gukassian, who demanded that the results of
voting be annulled.
The judges passed the decision after the hearings that had taken
three days.
Oppositionist candidates challenged the February 25 resolution of
Armenia's Central Electoral Commission, which stated that the results
of voting were conclusive and the country's incumbent President,
Serzh Sargsyan had won a new term office.
Hovannisian, 54, and Gukassian, 43, claimed procedural violations
affecting the final results had been committed during the vote-telling.
The former man received 36.74% votes, getting to the second position
from the top. He claimed however that he was the real winner, in the
light of which he demanded that Sargsyan turn state power over to him.
Hovannisian, a former U.S. citizen, was the first Foreign Minister
of independent Armenia in 1991 and 1992. He chairs the parliamentary
oppositionist Heritage party now.
He called a hunger strike last Sunday demanding that Sargsyan quit
the position of President Elect before the inauguration ceremony
scheduled for April 9.
Andreas Gukassian, a prospering businessman, got 0.57% votes that
placed him to the fifth position among the seven candidates.
The CEO who of Radio Hi, Gukassian held a hunger strike in front of
the parliament buildings downtown Yerevan from January 21 through to
February 19. He called on the CEC to revoke Sargsyan's registration
as a candidate for presidency and urged international observers to
leave the country, saying that their departure would automatically
bring about a cancellation of the election.