Constitutional Court rejects parties’ proposal on voter lists release
May 5, 2012 – 18:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian Constitutional Court turned down the appeal
of 28 MPs from Prosperous Armenia and ARF Dashnaktutyun to rule the
point of the Armenian electoral code banning publication of voter
lists as unconstitutional.
Constitutional Court conditioned its decision by a view voiced by the
Venice Commission in the stage of drafting the Electoral Code. The
latter states that the voter lists publication violates the secret
ballot principle.
The proposal on voter lists release was put forth by the inter-party
headquarters consisting of Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktutyun and
Armenian National Congress (ANC). The initiative was also backed by
Heritage opposition party.
From: A. Papazian