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Prosperous Armenia Party president Gagik Tsarukyan vowed to “protect by all lawful means” the votes his party received in the parliamentary elections on June 7.
In a statement on Friday, Tsarukyan said his party will start political consultations with other political forces to this end.
The Prosperous Armenia Party received 3.996% votes, just below the 4% threshold required to enter parliament. The final results will be published by the electoral commission (CEC) on June 14 amid a recount. The electoral body declared all results at two specific polling stations invalid, citing procedural flaws, but Tsarukyan alleged that this was an orchestrated move in order to prevent his party from entering parliament during the recount.
“When there was no longer any doubt that the Prosperous Armenia Party had secured seats in parliament, the authorities decided to resort to blatant destruction. Late at night, a covert CEC meeting was held, during which the results of two polling stations were annulled without scheduling a repeat vote, as required by the Electoral Code.
It is clear that the results were annulled precisely in those polling stations where Prosperous Armenia Party received a large number of votes. At the same time, the results of polling stations where invalidating Prosperous Armenia Party votes would not have affected the election outcome were not annulled,” Tsarukyan said.
“This is no longer just an issue for the Prosperous Armenia Party; it concerns the entire post-election developments in Armenia, all of us. Our team will be actively working today and in the coming days, in cooperation with all our opposition partners. I thank all political forces, public figures, and media outlets that have expressed support for us since last night,” Gagik Tsarukyan said.