Candidate’s office says RPA representative attacks ANC proxy

PanARMENIAN.Net - Election office of parliamentary candidate Manuel Gasparyan reports that at 11:10 a.m. representative of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia attacked proxy of the opposition Armenian National Congress Levon Avetisyan and threatened with assault after elections.

According to iDitord website, a platform for reporting election inaccuracies and violations, the head of the electoral commission and a police officer were addressed to deal with this. However, they said it is none of their business.

Parliamentary elections feature 8 political parties, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenian party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).

To enter the parliament, Armenian National Congress (ANC) must overcome 7% threshold as a bloc, unlike the parties, which need 5% threshold level.

647 international and over 31 thous. local observers will monitor the parliamentary elections in Armenia. OSCE/ODIHR (258 observers), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (69), PACE (37), CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (22), as well as International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and SILBA international organization have deployed observer missions in Armenia.

The preliminary results will be published no later than 24 hours after the voting, with final results to be released on the seventh day starting the voting day.