Armenia bloc will not accept voting results until all doubts dispersed
The Armenia bloc, headed by ex-president Robert Kocharyan, questioned the results of the snap parliamentary elections, held on Sunday saying they are controversial and do not inspire confidence after the Central Election Commission announced the results of voting in 1,236 polling stations showing that prime minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party was in the lead with 57.1% of the vote.
YEREVAN, June 21. /ARKA/. The Armenia bloc, headed by ex-president Robert Kocharyan, questioned the results of the snap parliamentary elections, held on Sunday saying they are controversial and do not inspire confidence after the Central Election Commission announced the results of voting in 1,236 polling stations showing that prime minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party was in the lead with 57.1% of the vote.
"The most serious reason for mistrust is hundreds of reports coming from different polling stations, which testify to the systematic, pre-planned falsification of the election results. The Armenia bloc will not accept the election results until all problematic issues are clarified and the doubts are dispersed, " the bloc said in a statement.
According to the CEC, the Civil Contract party is followed by the Armenia bloc with 18, 84% of the votes, Pativ Unem (I have the honor) with 5,34%, Prosperous Armenia with 4,46% and Hanrapetutyun (Republic) with 2.81%.
The snap parliamentary elections were called by Nikol Pashinyan to resolve public anger over the peace agreement he signed in November last year with presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan to end the hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone as a result of which Azerbaijan gained control over part of Nagorno-Karabakh itself and the surrounding seven districts held by Armenian troops for more than a quarter of a century.
The polls were watched by several international organizations, including the CIS Inter-parliamentary Assembly, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE / ODIHR), and the International Organization of Francophonie. -0-