On June 12, Strong Armenia bloc appealed to CEC demanding thatresults  of parliamentary elections be declared invalid

ArmInfo. On June 12, the "Strong Armenia" bloc appealed to the Central Election Commission demanding that the results of the June 7 parliamentary elections be  declared invalid.

In a conversation with journalists, party representative and lawyer  Aram Vardevanyan noted that the bloc has extensive evidence of  alleged violations. The lawyer noted that the government, which  constantly claims to hold fair and transparent elections, has failed  to do so in practice. As an example, Vardevanyan pointed to OSCE  ODIHR assessments, which indicate a more than serious regression.

Vardevanyan reported that, in addition to the official statement, the  party submitted information to the Central Election Commission (CEC)  regarding all the large-scale violations committed both on election  day and in the pre-election period. The politician emphasized that  even before the elections, the bloc had repeatedly filed complaints  with the CEC regarding the use of hate speech and administrative  resources, which the commission either ignored or rejected. The party  subsequently appealed to the Administrative Court, which has already  issued a corresponding ruling. According to Vardevanyan, the CEC is  obligated to order a recount, taking into account the identified  circumstances and the scale of the possible violations.   Specifically, this concerns approximately 100,000 votes, the results  of which raise doubts for the political party. Specifically, the  votes of these voters were not counted through proper passport  verification using technical means, but manually, which constitutes a  gross violation of voting procedures. Furthermore, approximately  16,000-17,000 votes cast by military personnel were misappropriated,  and an abnormal number of ballots-17,000-were declared invalid. The  approximately 5,000 voters whose applications to change polling  stations were rejected also raise questions.

According to Vardevanyan, all these circumstances must be subject to  careful study and legal assessment.  He noted that the Central  Election Commission is obligated to review the application next  Sunday during the final tabulation of election results. He also  stated that the ruling Civil Contract party effectively lost the  election and did not receive a genuine vote of confidence from  citizens.

Vardevanyan emphasized that all talk of democratic elections is  simply ridiculous, and if the current post- election situation  represents the legal culture that needs to be established in Armenia,  then certain actions have already been taken against it. He recalled  CEC Chairman Vahagn Hovakimyan's appeal to law enforcement agencies,  taking into account the presumption of innocence, not to use the  names of parties and blocs whose representatives' telephone  conversations were wiretapped and published, which, however, was  ignored by the Anti-Corruption Committee.