RA authorities are trying by all means possible to prevent PAP from  entering the country`s parliament - Iveta Tonoyan

ArmInfo.The RA authorities are trying by all means possible to prevent the Prosperous Armenia Party from entering the country's parliament. The party's press secretary, Iveta Tonoyan, wrote this on her Facebook page.

"What happened to the Central Electoral Commission is nothing less  than a classic disgrace. This shameful act, committed secretly in the  middle of the night, under cover of darkness, is a direct blow to the  Prosperous Armenia Party, whose goal is to prevent it from entering  the National Assembly by any means possible," she added, clarifying  that she is referring to the invalidation of the election results, in  which, according to the press secretary, the party received a large  number of votes. According to Tonoyan, this is the most blatant  example of election fraud, which once again proves that the current  process has nothing to do with the idea of fair and transparent  elections and calls into question the legitimacy of the entire  electoral process.

"The decision taken grossly violates the constitutional right of  citizens to freely express their will. We will fight this illegal  process with all possible legal and judicial means. Today, we are  appealing this illegal decision and will use the entire legal arsenal  to prevent and stop such arbitrary behavior," the PA representative  emphasized. She also announced that Prosperous Armenia's next steps  will be presented on June 12.

As a reminder, the Central Election Commission's press service  previously issued a statement announcing the results of the  parliamentary elections at polling stations No. 10/51 and No. 35/65.

National Assembly elections were held in Armenia on June 7. After  100% of the ballots were counted, the ruling Civil Contract party,  according to preliminary data, received 49.81% of the vote. The  Strong Armenia bloc came in second with 23.29%, the Armenia bloc came  in third with 9.94%, and Prosperous Armenia came in fourth with  3.996% of the vote, failing to meet the minimum threshold. Turnout  for the parliamentary elections was 58.97%.