Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced at the briefing after the government session that without mass bribing of the voters, none of these political forces would have been able to overcome the passing threshold of the parliamentary elections.
On June 11, the head of the government also severely criticized the judicial system for years of inaction regarding election violations.
In his speech at the briefing, the Prime Minister expressed his belief that the electoral success of certain forces is due exclusively to illegal financial interventions. Pashinyan placed a significant part of the responsibility for the created situation on the judicial system of the country.
According to him, the persons who organized the distribution of electoral bribes during the previous elections not only did not end up in prison, but also continued their criminal activities unimpeded during the completed election process.
The prime minister has publicly questioned the appropriateness of state funding of law enforcement and judicial bodies when criminals are free to roam the streets and commit repeat crimes.
Pashinyan emphasized that the public has the right to know the truth and promised to personally achieve clear clarifications from the responsible courts regarding the inaction of the judiciary.
According to the results of the June 7 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s “Civil Contract” party retained power in Armenia, but failed to obtain a constitutional majority.
The formally ruling “Civil Agreement” party did not pass the 50 percent threshold (49.81%) according to the voting results, but the peculiarities of the national legislation still allow it to form a one-man government. This is due to the redistribution of the votes received by the forces that did not manage to overcome the threshold of passing to the parliament (4% for parties and 8% for alliances).
Apart from him, although with a large margin, the opposition “Hzor Armenia” (23.29%) and “Hazor Armenia” (9.94%) blocs are confidently entering the highest legislative body. As for the “Prosperous Armenia” party with 4% of the votes it received, it fluctuates on the borderline of the transient threshold, and its final appearance in the parliament is still under question.
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