Hovannisian to challenge constitutionality of Electoral CodeMarch 6, 2013 - 17:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legal adviser of Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian headquarters Karen Mezhlumyan will appeal to the Constitutional Court to challenge the constitutionality of Article 18 part 5 of Armenia’s Electoral Code. Heritage board vice president Armen Martirosyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that Hovannisian addressed the administrative court against the Central Election Commission (CEC), with the lawsuit, however, rejected. 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. Meanwhile, under the Article 5 of Armenian Electoral Code, the candidates, parties running in proportional electoral system, as well as political blocs may set up election headquarters, which can’t be located in state and local government buildings. The posters on campaign headquarters are not considered printed promotional materials, unless they include direct calls and unless each poster area exceeds 6 square meters Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |