Yerkir Tsirani Party reacted on CEC decision

ArmInfo.Yerkir tsirani Party reacted on Central Electoral Commission decision, which on May 21 rejected the complaint of the Party to recognize the Elders to  Yerevan Council elections invalid.   

"It is not a secret to anyone that the Armenian Nation make ends meet  on its historical fatherland because of the dictatorship of the Head  of the Republican Party Serzh Sargsyan. The years of this  dictatorship are a catastrophe for the people. The catastrophe is the  mass corruption in all the layers of the society and the high  treason. The two electoral processes held in 2017, the  parliamentarian elections and the Yerevan Council elections  demonstrated that from now on the electoral processes in Armenia are  to be coordinated by the RPA by the systemized corruption. Nowadays,  the problems and the threats created by the corruption destruct the  yet not formed democratic institutions in Armenia, moral values and  the justice. The most cynic evidence of the corruption is the trade  of the own land of Artsakh by RPA and Serzh Sargsyan and the system  of state security of Armenia", Yerkir Tsirani leader Zaruhi  Postanjyan's statement reads.

At the same time, it is emphasized in the statement that the law  enforcement bodies of Armenia and CEC are the coverers of the  electoral corruption. "The property of the Yerevan Mayor Taron  Margaryan from RPA is the evidence of that corruption mechanism.  During the elections to the Yerevan Council of Elders, staff members  of Taron Margaryan's headquarters, together with police officers,  organized mass electoral fraud. A quarter of a century the results of  all elections were republicwide and referendums were falsified.  In  Armenia, legitimate power was not formed. Today, political apathy has  formed in the Armenian society, and the dictatorial regime in the  person of the RPA and Sargsyan show exceptional cynicism.  Continuation of this situation can lead to civil unrest and riot.  During the past week, we twice witnessed the manifestation of  cynicism on the part of the RPA and Serzh Sargsyan, when an attempt  was made to conceal massive falsifications during the elections to  the Yerevan Council of Elders, and during Sargsyan's address to  parties and blocs from the rostrum of the country's parliament, in  which he announced forthcoming programs of the dictatorial regime".

At the same time, "Yerkir Tsirani" emphasizes that during the  elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan, many violations and  falsifications were recorded, in addition, police officers used  violence against the party leader Zaruhi Postanjyan and her daughter  Lilit Drumpyan, as a result of which they were hospitalized. The  party notes that the law enforcement bodies of Armenia, instead of  properly investigating the incident, distributed a statement in which  they emphasized the legitimacy of the actions of the police.

To note, on May 21, the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia  rejected the application- complaint of the Yerkir Tsirani party to  declare invalid the results of the elections to the Council of Elders  of Yerevan. It is noteworthy that the authorized representative of  the party Armen Gabrielyan did not attend the discussions. As the  leader of the Party Zaruhi Postanjyan stated, Gabrielyan was not  informed properly about the meeting because of that he could not  attend, as he was at that time in Gyumri. In his turn, the CEC  Chairman Tigran Mukuchyan assured that all were informed about the  meeting properly. Mukuchyan said that the Yerkir party did not submit  the complaint application, and therefore it will be rejected.  According to the CEC, the application has no legal justifications.

To recall, on May 14 elections were held in the capital's Council of  Elders. According to the results of the elections, the Republican  Party of Armenia received 71, 25% of the votes, the "Yelq" bloc -  21%, the "Yerkir Tsirani" party - 7.75%. The Republican Party of  Armenia will receive 46 mandates, the bloc "Yelq" - 14, the party  "Yerkir Tsirani" - 5.