Election violations threaten Pashinyan’s control over government

According to lawyer Gohar Meloyan, numerous violations give grounds for revising the results of the voting for the National Assembly of Armenia, and the right of the Nikol Pashinyan’s “Civil Contract” Party to solely determine the composition of the government has not yet been confirmed.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that at the early parliamentary elections held in Armenia on June 20, more than half of the votes, 53.92%, were won by the Nikol Pashinyan’s “Civil Contract” Party.

According to the preliminary voting results, the “Civil Contract” Party will indeed obtain a constitutional majority in the parliament and will be able to form a government on its own, however, numerous violations were registered during the voting, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent has been informed by lawyer Gohar Meloyan, CEO of the International Centre on Development of Parliamentarism.

The lawyer concludes that in case if the voting results are challenged and revised, it is possible that Nikol Pashinyan will not be able to form his government.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 21, 2021 at 01:05 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.