The Constitutional Court upheld on Thursday the official results of Armenia's recent parliamentary elections, rejecting an appeal lodged by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
In a lengthy verdict read out by its chairman, Gagik Harutiunian, the court ruled that the Central Election Commission (CEC) had all the "objective legal prerequisites" to declare President Serzh Sarkisian's Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) the winner of the May 6 polls. It said the HAK failed to prove the opposite.
In its appeal filed last week, the opposition alliance demanded that the vote be declared null and void because of what it called serious fraud that benefited the HHK. It alleged widespread vote buying, multiple voting in the HHK's favor and misuse of government resources by the ruling party. HAK representatives specifically pointed to Sarkisian's and other state officials' active involvement in the campaign, saying that it resulted in an unequal playing field.
Armenian News
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