Mother Armenia demands invalidation of ruling party`s list at  Vaharshapat elections

ArmInfo.  The Mother Armenia faction will appeal to the Central Election Commission of Armenia to invalidate the registration of the ruling Civil Contract party's electoral list for the Vagharshapat Community Council elections scheduled for November 16.

As noted in a statement received by ArmInfo, the political party is  initiating the process due to numerous violations of Armenia's  Electoral Code that have affected the normal course of the elections  and are having a significant impact on their results. "This  constitutes grounds for the Electoral Commission to invalidate the  ruling party's registration of the electoral list in accordance with  Part 8 of Article 19 of Armenia's Electoral Code," the statement  reads.

In connection with the above, the opposition faction cited several  examples of violations committed by Civil Contract. In particular,  the faction noted that the ruling party placed campaign posters in  locations prohibited by Armenia's Electoral Code. Furthermore,  according to the source, individuals holding municipal positions  without the appropriate permits participated in the campaign, using  logistical, financial, and informational resources of state or  municipal property for the campaign. "Furthermore, this participation  occurred without them being on vacation," the faction added.

Furthermore, Mother Armenia noted that the ruling party utilized  administrative resources, including involving local government  employees in the campaign and issuing a permit to install billboards  with candidate posters to a company that placed them in the days  leading up to the start of the campaign.  Moreover, the faction  noted, only posters of the Civil Contract Party candidate were placed  on the billboards in the Vagharshapat community. "After the elections  were scheduled for the Dogs settlement in the Vagharshapat community,  the day before the start of the election campaign, October 21, 2025,  candidate No. 1 on the Civil Contract party list, along with other  candidates and public officials, violated the ban on charitable  donations under Article 221 of the RA Criminal Code, for which a  criminal case was initiated by the Armenian Anti-Corruption  Committee," Mother Armenia continued.

Finally, as noted in the statement, the factions failed to provide  the hall of the Komitas Palace of Culture public organization, which  is under the jurisdiction of the Vagharshapat municipality, for the  event, while the same hall was provided to Civil Contract. "In  connection with the above, the Mother Armenia National Democratic  Party will submit a corresponding application to District Electoral  Commission No. 14 with the corresponding demand," the political party  concluded.

As a reminder, elections to the Council of Elders of the enlarged  Vagharshapat community will be held on November 16, 2025. According  to the Central Election Commission of Armenia, seven political forces  will participate in the elections.