CEC declares registration of Democratic Party of Armenia candidate  Tigran Arzakantsyan invalid

ArmInfo.At an extraordinary meeting on June 10, the Central Election Commission of Armenia recognized the registration of the candidate for lawmaker from the  Democratic Party of Armenia Tigran Arzakantsyan invalid.

According to the chairman of the CEC Tigran Mukuchyan, according to  the document of the passport and visa department of the police,  Tigran Arzakantsyan has not been a permanent resident of Armenia for  the last 4 years, therefore, he has no right to be elected. According  to Mukuchyan, Arzakantsyan was absent from Armenia for 1005 days out  of 1461 days before the day of filing the application.  During the  meeting, the Central Election Commission also approved the refusal of  the "Armenian Eagles - United Armenia" party (leader - Khachik  Asryan) to participate in the early parliamentary elections.  Thus,  25 political forces - 4 blocs and 21 parties - will take part in the  parliamentary elections on June 20.

According to open sources, the Democratic Party of Armenia was  created back in 1991. The founding chairman of the DPA was a  professional journalist, a former correspondent of the newspaper  "Pravda" in Armenia, and then the first secretary of the Central  Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia (during its collapse -  ed. note) Aram Sargsyan. Sargsyan from 1998 to 1999 worked as an  adviser to the President of Armenia (Robert Kocharian - ed. note) on  national security. He often acts as an analyst on international and  domestic political issues. In 2003-2007 he was a member of the  Armenian Parliament. Tigran Arzakantsyan is the founder of the Great  Valley brandy company and King Tigran brand. He was a member of the  Armenian parliament of the same convocation, from 2003 to 2007.