Constitutional Court to examine on March 5 Nikol
Pashinian's application against district election commission No
10
29-01-2010 13:38:00 | Armenia | Politics
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Based on the application
of Armenian Times daily's editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinian, the
RA Constitutional Court on March 5 will examine a case disputing
the January 14 decision of district election commission (DEC) No
10 on election of a National Assembly deputy by the majoritarian
electoral system. As NT was informed by the press service of the
Constitutional Court, the speakers on the case will be court
members Henrik Danielian and Felix Tokhian, the defendant is
DEC No 10, and the co-defendant is the Central Election
Commission of Armenia.
To recap, as a result of the by-election held in Yerevan's
electoral district No 10 on January 10, member of National Unity
party Ara Simonian was elected a deputy of the RA National
Assembly. Another candidate running in the by-election was Nikol
Pashinian. After the by-election, he was sentenced to 7 years in
prison on a charge of organizing mass disorder on 1 March 2008.
The court decision has not come into force yet: February 19 is
the deadline for an appeal. The third candidate running in the
by-election in electoral district No 10 was chairman of the
Marxist Party of Armenia Davit Hakobian.