QP's Demands Are Premature: TEC Maintained Its Decision

The Number 30 electoral commission did not recognize the invalidity of the decision made on December 5 regarding the municipal council elections in the consolidated community of Amasia, nor the decision to elect Jemma Harutyunyan as community leader on December 20. After reviewing the application submitted by the Civil Contract party to the CEC, the commission decided to maintain its previous decision regarding the elections of the council members and the community leader.

It is noted that the Central Electoral Commission received a request to recognize the election results as invalid from members of the Civil Contract party who participated in the elections in Amasia. They also submitted requests for self-withdrawal, validated by a notary, to invalidate the election results.

The chairman of the territorial commission, Arthur Khachatryan, stated in a conversation with reporters that the demands of the Civil Contract party are premature. “A total of 15 mandates have been distributed, which is what is required by law. The party did not submit any complaints to the electoral commission during the legally specified period, nor did they contest the election results in court. After the distribution of mandates and the decision to consider the election valid, they contested the results of the community leader’s election,” Khachatryan pointed out.

According to him, the application filed by the complainant to the CEC can be reviewed in an administrative court, and until then, the Amasia consolidated community council will continue to operate.

It is worth recalling that in Amasia, the Civil Contract party and the Arpi-Amasia alliance each received six mandates, while the Republican Party (RPA) received three. The Arpi-Amasia alliance and RPA made a decision to merge, declaring that they were ready to lead the community under the leadership of Jemma Harutyunyan. Subsequently, the Arpi-Amasia alliance aimed to join the Civil Contract party but was rejected, as the Arpi-Amasia set the condition that the leader would be Jemma Harutyunyan.

The candidates from the Civil Contract had submitted self-withdrawals in hopes of new elections, based on the argument that the council composition was not fully formed, as two-thirds of the council members had not been formed, and two more council members were necessary. Meanwhile, according to the law, the community can be led with 9 mandates as well.