CANDIDATE DEMANDS THAT CEC WITHDRAW ALEXANYAN’S CANDIDACY
04:12 pm | Today | Politics
The group of assailants who attacked the members of the Armenian
National Congress (HAK) in Yerevan’s Malatia-Sebastia district
(Constituency N 7) on Sunday acted under the direct order of the
Republican Party (HHK) candidate Samvel Alexanyan, HAK candidate in
Constituency N 1 Gayane Arustamyan said on Monday.
The candidate today urged the Central Election Commission to register
yesterday’s incident and withdraw the candidacy of Samvel Alexanyan
from Constituency N7.
“At the same time, I declare here and now that I lay the entire
burden of responsibility for the incident on Serzh Sargsyan,” said
Gayane Arustamyan.
The opposition candidate had invited two international observers
from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
(OSCE/ODIHR) who refrained from commenting on the incident and kept
silent throughout the news conference.
“I demand that the European People’s Party (EPP) respond to the
incident. I also demand that the EPP -affiliated Armenian Rule of Law
(OYK) and Heritage parties evaluate the occurrence,” she said.
A criminal case has been instituted in connection with yesterday’s
incident in Malatia-Sebastia district during which a group of people
attacked and injured HAK candidates Gayane Arustamyan and Babken
Garoyan who were engaged in house-to-house canvassing.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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