Today, 13 July, it is already the 5th day that the examination of the applications for disputing the results of the June 20 extraordinary elections continues in the Constitutional Court.
The head of the executive body of “Zartonk” National-Christian Party Ara Zohrabyan addressed a question to the acting Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan during the sitting, noting, “Do you trust the decisions of the Constitutional Court cited by you?”
In response, Badasyan mentioned, “The decisions of the Constitutional Court are legal positions, the factor of trust, I think, is absolutely not necessary, they are mandatory for implementation, those positions are essential in the application of legal norms in Armenia, analysis, and in almost all spheres of our life.”
The representative of “Zartonk” also spoke about some points of the Government’s program, which are related to the elections. He noted that the problem is that the political force represented by Badasyan has always complained about a number of events related to the electoral process in the past, he considered it a reason for incorrect registration of election results. “Now you have come to power, as soon as you came to power, you have declared what you will do to change this system, so that there is no suspicion of election fraud or other vicious phenomena in this country, people are really sure that good elections must be held. Now we are in the Constitutional Court, disputing the election results. Naturally, we have a legitimate interest in understanding what you saw as a danger, whether those dangerous events have been eliminated or not,” Ara Zohrabyan commented.
Rustam Badasyan also mentioned that it is necessary to look at what terms are set by the Government program for different actions. “The Government’s program has been implemented with some variable success, please note that we have had a pandemic, a war, its consequences and, of course, we have also outlined reforms in various spheres through our sectoral strategies, but not all the actions have been implemented,” the acting Minister of Justice said.
It should be added that the Zartonk (Awakening) National Christian Party distinguished violations of the basic principles of suffrage enshrined in the Constitution, such as violations of freedom and equality, free expression of the free will of voters, violation of secrecy of the ballot, directing voters, their accumulation of state functions, and etc.
It should be reminded that “Armenia”, “I have the 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.
