The registration of Mihran Poghosyan,  former head of the Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement Service and an MP candidate from the “I have the honor” bloc, on the electoral list of this bloc has been declared invalid. The respective decision was made at Tuesday’s special meeting of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia.

According to CEC Chairman Tigran Mukuchyan, Poghosyan has not lived permanently in Armenia for the last four years, and therefore he cannot run in the snap parliamentary elections on June 20.

Of course, Poghosyan himself was not present at the meeting.

Former MP and well-known businessman Mihran Poghosyan was planning on running for parliament again. In mid-May, an official statement was submitted on his behalf stating that he was not in Armenia as he was studying at Moscow Polytechnic University. The official statement, however, was sent through Poghosyan’s authorized representative.