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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 10:43:40 EDT
ARMENIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BEGINS HEARING ELECTION APPEAL
The Constitutional Court began on 3 April reviewing the appeal lodged by People's Party of Armenia Chairman Stepan Demirchian against the outcome of the February-March presidential election, Noyan Tapan and RFE/RL's Yerevan bureau reported. Demirchian is demanding that the official election results issued by the Central Election Commission (CEC) be invalidated because of widespread falsification both during the first round of voting on 19 February and during the 5 March runoff, in which he lost to incumbent President Robert Kocharian. The court ruled, however, that it will examine only the claim relating to the 5 March runoff. Acquiescing to a request by Demirchian's lawyers for additional time to study election-related documents submitted by the CEC and the police, the court adjourned until 5 April. The CEC is represented at the hearing by its deputy chairman, Hamlet Abrahamian, and by Deputy Justice Minister Tigran Mukuchian. Demirchian is represented by Viktor Dallakian, chairman of the Armenian parliamen
t's Commission for State and Legal Issues, according to Noyan Tapan. LF
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