Armenian authorities want to create a new lever for themselves to  cancel election results by amending Electoral Code - politician

ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities want to create a new lever for themselves to cancel the  election results by amending the Electoral Code. This was stated to  journalists on November 8 by David Khazhakyan, a representative of  the Bright Armenia party.

According to him, the amendments actually give the RA government the  right to cancel the voting results the day after they are announced  by declaring a state of emergency or martial law, calling new  elections. In an unfavorable situation for itself, when there is no  opportunity to attract allies to its side, the government can  artificially declare the results invalid. "This is an unacceptable  approach, since even in such a situation the country's parliament  will not have even temporary opportunities for restraint. The  government's decision to declare a state of emergency or martial law  is approved by the National Assembly, but even in this case, we may  be talking about hours during which the cabinet can cancel the voting  results," Khazhakyan noted.

He emphasized that often the most democratic governments become  anti-democratic during their term. For example, in Moldova, the main  opponent of the representative of the ruling party in that country  was removed from the election campaign. Moreover, it is curious that  many international organizations that criticized the previous  authorities for such actions, in this particular case, simply  remained silent. The situation is repeating itself in Armenia, the  politician continued, pointing out that not a single international  organization has spoken out against the proposed regulations. "And I  personally have no doubt that these regulations can serve the  interests of the authorities," Khazhakyan emphasized.

On November 8, the National Assembly of Armenia is holding hearings  on amendments to the Electoral Code, according to which, if a state  of emergency or martial law is declared, the election results can be  annulled.