Ruling party MP plans to challenge  board`s decision to exclude him  from election list

ArmInfo.  Hayk Sargsyan, a NA member from the ruling Civil Contract party, intends  to challenge the party's board's decision to exclude him from  its  election list for the 2026 parliamentary elections.

In an interview with reporters, the MP emphasized that the party's  charter allows for appealing the board's decision. Sargsyan noted  that this is the first time the ruling party has gone to the polls  with advance preparation. For the 2021 parliamentary elections, the  list was hastily compiled by the Civil Contract board.  Now, thorough  preparations are underway for the upcoming election process, during  which candidates for parliament from the ruling party have until  December 31 to be nominated. Since Hayk Sargsyan's candidacy did not  receive the required number of votes from the Civil Contract board  members, the parliamentarian intends to challenge the decision in  court. He reported that over 300 people have submitted applications  for inclusion on the list.

It was previously reported that NA deputies Hayk Sargsyan and Karen  Sarukhanyan were not included on the Civil Contract electoral list.  Both politicians  failed the party leadership's internal selection  process.  Only three out of the 20 board members  supported  Sargsyan's candidacy.