"Strong Armenia" bloc to appeal CEC requesting annulment of June 7  parliamentary election results

ArmInfo. A significant decrease in the number of ballots cast in favor of the Civil Contract party has been observed at several polling stations currently  undergoing a vote recount, as stated by Narek Karapetyan, a political  council member of the "Strong Armenia" party, in a video address.

According to him, citizens themselves witnessed how military  personnel were brought to polling stations and how civil servants  were directed to vote for the ruling political party. Given the  violations recorded, the "Strong Armenia" bloc will appeal to the  Central Electoral Commission on June 12 demanding the annulment of  the results of the June 7 parliamentary elections. The bloc will also  demand a review of the votes cast in favor of the Civil Contract  party. If there's no quick response, the bloc will appeal to the  Constitutional Court. "We must clip the wings of the ruling force in  Armenia," Karapetyan said.

He noted that the Civil Contract party's position is highly  vulnerable, arguing that the party has lost its absolute majority by  securing less than 50% of the vote. Under these current realities,   he added, the party lacks the mandate to amend the Constitution as  demanded by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.