Heritage Eyes Constitutional Court Ruling

A1 Plus publishes the full text of a statement issued by the opposition Heritage party. In particular, and as has been mentioned on this blog from time to time, the party led by Raffi Hovannisian stresses the need to challenge the outcome of the 19 February presidential election in the Constitutional Court.

Given that the head of the court was appointed during former president Levon Ter Petrossian’s time in office and served as his vice-president and acting prime minister in the early 1990s, some pro-governmental sources admit that such a move concerns the authorities more than ongoing street protests in the capital.

[…] Heritage expects the court to examine these petitions by acknowledging its accountability before Armenia’s future and honoring the letter and spirit of the law, and to carry out an all-inclusive and a thorough examination of the petitions. The quantity and type of the election fraud and numerous other violations that occurred in and nearby the voting precincts on the day of the elections, as well as the shameful incidents that took place while the ballots were being tallied, indubitably bespeak their systemic nature, and this reality has caused a broad public distrust toward the elections and specifically toward the official voting results. We are full of hope that an impartial decision by the Constitutional Court would pave for Armenia the way leading to legitimacy, democracy, and civil rights.