Aregnaz Manukyan, a former member of the National Assembly, member of the “Mother Armenia” movement, candidate for the PAP list, reported early in the morning that his apartment was being searched.

The police officers broke into the apartment early in the morning, although Manukyan demanded to present the court decision and videotaped the whole process. In the end, one of the CC employees ordered to take the phone from him, and Manukyan had to turn it off.

To remind, a few days after the start of the pre-election campaign, Andranik Tevanyan, the leader of the “Mother Armenia” movement, number two on the PAP list, was arrested and then detained.

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The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia in the extraordinary session of June 11 referred to the 2026 elections of electoral commissions No. 10 and No. 35. June 11, regarding the violations recorded in the registers of precinct electoral commissions of the regular elections of June 7, 2026 of the National Assembly on the day of voting, respectively, to decisions No. 8-A and No. 10-A. 

“The commission recognized as invalid the results of the voting in the electoral precinct No. 10/51 formed in the service area of ​​the electoral district electoral commission No. 10 and the results of the voting in the electoral district No. 35/65 organized in the service area of ​​the electoral district electoral commission No. 35 for the purpose of organizing and holding the regular elections of the National Assembly on June 7, 2026.

The commission decided to record the number of voting participants in precinct No. 10/51, 1287, as the sum of inaccuracies in precinct No. 10/51.

The number of voters in precinct No. 35/65: 1315 (one thousand three hundred and fifteen) was recorded as the total number of inaccuracies in Precinct No. 35/65.

The other results (numbers) of the protocols of election precincts No. 10/51 and No. 35/65, except for the amount of inaccuracies, were recorded as 0 (zero).

The materials of election precincts No. 10/51 and No. 35/65 have been sent to the prosecutor’s office,” said the message of the CEC.

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CP is busy stealing citizen’s votes and PAP mandates. That is the purpose of invalidating the results of the elections of precincts 3561 and 1051.

During this period, the purpose of the illegal pressure on the head of the PAP was precisely this: to have the opportunity to appoint and release deputies to constitutional positions, to adopt constitutional laws. They turn a blind eye to the widespread illegalities of the CP, to scare and threaten people, they cover up everything.

Canceling the voting results of the mentioned precincts is an illegal and arbitrary decision based on the narrow political interest of the KP.

They revolved around so many illegalities that they found the form.

Leader of the “Wings of Unity” party, former MP of RA Arman Tatoyan

VERELQ reported earlier that the CEC made a decision yesterday evening to invalidate the voting results of precincts 35/65 and 10/51.

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A little while ago, 5 mandates were stolen from PAP. this was done by invalidating the results of precinct 10/51. Lawyer Ruben Melikyan wrote about this.

“As far as I understood, 5 mandates were stolen from PAP a little while ago. This was done by invalidating the results of precinct 10/51, where I think PAP received about 130 votes – significantly more than the average.

This is not only the issue of PAP. With this, the CP restores the 3/5 majority and is able to single-handedly appoint constitutional positions and adopt constitutional laws. This is just a disgrace,” Melikyan wrote.

VERELQ reported earlier that the CEC decided yesterday evening to invalidate the voting results of precincts 35/65 and 10/51.

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What happened in the Central Electoral Commission is nothing but classic ugliness. In the middle of the night, under the cover of darkness, this scandal was a direct blow to the PAP, the purpose of which is to prevent the PAP from entering the National Assembly by all possible means.

It is obvious that the results of the precincts where the Prosperous Armenia Party received a large number of votes were declared invalid. This is the most obvious manifestation of the theft of voters’ votes, which once again proves that the ongoing process has nothing to do with the idea of ​​fair and transparent elections and casts doubt on the legitimacy of the entire election process. The adopted decision violates the citizens’ constitutional right to freely express their will in the most rude way.

We will fight against this illegal process with all possible legal and legal means. Already tomorrow, we will appeal this illegal decision and we will use all the legal tools to prevent and stop such arbitrariness.

Iveta Tonoyan, a candidate for deputy on the PAP list

VERELQ reported earlier that the CEC made a decision yesterday evening to invalidate the voting results of precincts 35/65 and 10/51.

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Dear compatriots,

The “Prosperous Armenia” party entered the election campaign with a good representative team, submitting the “Offer to Armenia” program to the electorate, on which dozens of specialists worked for months.
The main purpose of our participation in the elections was to prevent our country from possible dangerous developments, to insure us against visible economic and political dangers. We planned to have a civilized election campaign full of respect for the voter.

Unfortunately, in just the 4-5 days of the campaign, it became clear that the authorities were not interested in the civilized struggle. An ugly, illegal and immoral campaign was unleashed against us. Many of our supporters and activists were prosecuted and arrested on trumped-up charges. The ruling power waged a vulgar campaign against us full of insults and slander.

We decided not to give in to provocations and not to get into that vocabulary, that logic. Like me, active members of our team never lowered the bar of civilized debate, we stayed within the framework of political struggle.

After all the obstacles, power and propaganda attacks, the campaign conducted in the conditions of absolute inequality, even in the conditions of the unprecedented use of administrative resources and the elections held with tremendous pressure on the voter, our political strength did not break and gathered enough votes to enter the parliament. First, our votes were technically reduced, and we started a recount, which allowed us to recover the missing votes.

When there was no longer any doubt that the PAP was in the parliament, the government decided to go to open massacre. a CEC meeting was secretly held late in the evening, where the elections held in two precincts were canceled without calling for a re-vote, as required by the Election Code.

It is obvious that the elections were canceled in those precincts where PAP received a lot of votes. At the same time, the results of those precincts where the nullification of PAP votes could not affect the outcome of the elections were not canceled.

Dear compatriots, dear people,
We started an honest political struggle, but all possible illegal measures were and continue to be applied against us. I want to assure you that we will continue to defend your vote of confidence by all means not prohibited by law. This is not only the problem of the Prosperous Armenia Party, it is the problem of all of Armenia’s post-election developments, of all of us. Our team will work actively today and in the coming days, cooperating with all our partners in the opposition.

I would like to thank all the political forces, public figures, and media who have supported us since last night.

PAP is starting a series of steps aimed at protecting justice and the interests of voters, and confronting the illegalities of the government. Our legal teams work on all possible appeals and court proceedings. We are starting political consultations with political forces to develop a common agenda and steps.

Dear compatriots,
All the promises and assurances given to you are valid, nothing has changed and will not change.
I am your Tsarukyan.

Gagik Tsarukyan, chairman of the “Prosperous Armenia” party

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There is no internal politics in Armenia. All the processes going on inside Armenia in at least the last 200 years are exclusively the continuation of foreign policy.

The reason for that is geography. Due to its geographical location, Armenia has been and always remains at the center of global geopolitical processes. In school textbooks, this was formulated with the empty sentence “Armenia was a bone of contention between x and y”, where x and y changed, but the phenomenon itself did not change, forming a kind of complex.

Meanwhile, this has a clear political science explanation. Regardless of what is happening inside Armenia, there is a wider, global reality that influences, if you will, predetermines the logic of events inside Armenia. For the Armenian state and the Armenian people, these processes dictate both the state process and public life. Good or bad, but we don’t have the luxury to build a state and society directly, from scratch and in “sterile conditions”. The external environment does not allow strong differences to exist inside Armenia: right and left, conservatives or liberals, greens and communists. It is an unacceptable luxury. In this area, the state must be ready to be the focus of external processes. Therefore, it should be a highly militarized, rapidly mobilized and developed Sparta. The reason for this is just one variable that decides everything.

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In the last 150 years, the main external challenge of Armenia has not changed. In the east and west of Armenia, there are two Turkic states, Turkey and Azerbaijan, which aim to remove the Armenian factor between them in order to unite and expand their sphere of influence. As they say, removing the “cursed Armenian wedge” is the main way to ensure the vitality of their states. Again, not because they are Armenian-haters by birth, but because from a political point of view, the Armenian political project interferes with the Turkish political project due to its position. This is not a whim, a preference or an idea of ​​an individual politician. This is one of the pillars of Turkish political thought, from Enver to Erdogan.

This challenge exists, and it should be at the basis of the calculation of any action of any Armenian force, from a politician to a party, from an NGO to a state institution. Again. this is not good or bad, this is reality. One can have disagreements on pensions, agricultural credit or any other similar issue, but the first benchmark of any political program is the Turkish threat. Whatever is done, whatever is drawn, should be based on the following question. How does this help/hinder to neutralize the Turkish objective threat?

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This is a reality that is avoided at all costs not only by a part of the citizens, but also by the forces of the national field. Meanwhile, this approach does not allow not only to see the real challenge in time and predict the developments, but also to face them effectively.

Now let’s come to the elections. the national forces are obliged to take into account the Turkish threat and in no case underestimate it. In their programs (not in pre-election propaganda), but in real political programs, one should take into account the fact that Turkey and Azerbaijan currently have clear tools to spread influence over Armenia. Therefore, if there is an obvious demand from their side to change the Constitution and it is not possible to achieve this by convincing the Armenian people (they tried and are trying, but they did not succeed), then there is no possibility to rely on fair and transparent elections. It’s just not there.

Therefore also. one cannot think that we live in Liechtenstein and we will have fair elections. Turkey and Azerbaijan will not allow it, as they have influence in Armenia. Therefore, it is impossible to move forward without alternative plans (the so-called “plan B”). It is simply not possible.

It is not too late to think about it and reorganize the national struggle. The Turkish threat is real and orientational, the actions of the national forces, if you will, the way of life should derive from this and in no case the other way around, remembering that there is no internal political life, there is a continuation of the external.

Judging by the pace of events, everything will be much faster at this stage of the struggle.

Turkologist Varuzhan Geghamyan

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Today at 13:00, we call on all our concerned citizens, PAP supporters to gather at the Central Election Commission to raise their just protest against the injustices and permissiveness taking place.

Our citizens are deprived of their right to free expression and this theft of votes should not go unanswered.

PAP member Hrachya Rostomyan

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Right now, the “Strong Armenia” party is submitting an application to the CEC to declare the results of the parliamentary elections invalid.

Narek Karapetyan, a member of the party council, informed about this earlier.

“We have to cut the wings of the Communist Party in Armenia. With today’s situation, the Communist Party is already the weakest force, has lost its majority, has 50% fewer votes, and cannot change the Constitution on Aliyev’s instructions. But we will go deeper to review the results,” he said.

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