Court rejects Raffi Hovannisian’s lawsuit against CEC

March 5, 2013 - 14:54 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The administrative court of Armenia rejected Heritage leader, former presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian’s lawsuit against the Central Election Commission (CEC).

“The court has become a stooge for the ruling authorities. The international organizations, too, repeatedly stated that the court system depends on the executive,” Hovannisian’s authorized representative Armen Martorosyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, adding that Heritage may address the Constitutional Court on the issue.

It’s noteworthy that Hovannisian addressed the administrative court with a demand to announce CEC’s Feb 25 decision invalid. He urged the CEC to include the costs of president-elect Serzh Sargsyan’s over 1600 election headquarters and posters in former candidate’s campaign expenses

Earlier, Armen Martirosyan issued an appeal to the CEC, urging to announce Serzh Sargsyan’s candidacy invalid. The appeal was rejected.