Today, on 14 July, in the Constitutional Court, it is already the 6th day that the examination of the applications for disputing the results of the 20 June extraordinary elections continues.

Davit Harutyunyan, a representative of the “I have Honor” Alliance, made a closing speech.

“The threat of physical force or administrative coercion, the psychological intimidation and humiliation of people, which have nothing to do with either democracy or free elections. In this regard, the main counter-argument of the Civil Contract was based on the counter-argument or erroneous thesis that there is no norm of substantive law, which should have been a basis for restricting Pashinyan’s speech,” he said in his speech.

Davit Harutyunyan said that being a representative of the public authorities is first of all a great responsibility, which has nothing to do with the threat of hate speech and punishment.

No matter how much the “Civil Contract” mentions that I have presented Pashinyan’s words out of context, that no one can convince the public that such expressions as “the first one will be crushed on your head”, “you will see a staff crushing”, “election with a steel mandate” “Then we will come for you,” “now you will get acquainted with the hammer”, etc., can take place in a country that relies on folk values, which is more terrible, can be voiced by the person who is actually the first person of the country,” Davit Harutyunyan said.

According to him, the reaction of the Human Rights Defender to the hate speech and threats of violence should have been sobering, first of all for the representatives of the government.

“However, during the trial, the ombudsman’s response was obviously devalued by the Civil Contract. The violations registered by the Human Rights Defender should have been a wake-up call, first of all, for the public authorities,” Davit Harutyunyan said.

It should be reminded that “Armenia”, “I have Honor”, “Awakening” and “Armenians’ Homeland” parties are disputing the election results. Their applications are considered in a single joint case.

Judge of the Constitutional Court Edgar Shatiryan has been appointed rapporteur on the case. The respondent is the CEC, the body that records the election results. Related defendants are the RA Prosecutor’s Office, the Police and the Television and Radio Commission.