A political statement from the podium: The situation in the Constitutional Court escalated after Seda Safaryan's question.
29-06-2026 15:00 Armenia Press of Diaspora
Sputnik․ The President of the Constitutional Court made a remark to Orbelyan, while Sogoyan noted that the judge is repeating the rhetoric of the ruling party.
The situation in the courtroom escalated after the question from Constitutional Court judge Seda Safaryan. Representatives of the "Strong Armenia," "Armenia" alliances, and "Prosperous Armenia" again proposed to discuss the impossibility of Safaryan's participation in this matter.
Safaryan, addressing the direct influence of Western officials mentioned in the applications contesting the election results, asked whether there had been any influence from "the anti-campaigns conducted against the Armenian authorities by the President of the Russian Federation and various Russian officials, as well as the protection of other forces," and the restrictions imposed on exporters.
"The high court, a political statement is being made from the podium, I ask you to stop," said Aram Orbelyan, a representative of the "Prosperous Armenia" party, approaching the microphone indignantly without permission.
The President of the Constitutional Court, Arman Dilanyan, made a remark to Orbelyan.
"Is this a political question or a legal one... The fact that such a question is raised not within the framework of the application, but in a certain sense raises concerns about bias or impartiality in counter-arguments or comparisons," said Aram Vardevanyan, a representative of the "Strong Armenia" alliance, responding to the question from Constitutional Court judge Seda Safaryan.
Arman Dilanyan, in turn, stated that there was no assertion or statement in the judge's speech. According to him, Safaryan cited facts wishing to clarify the position regarding them.
"Seda Safaryan began her first speech by reaffirming the position of the 'Civil Contract' party, repeating 'three forces' instead of 'triple-headed.' And she only directed her speech when the opposing side said, how can the applicant side be referred to as 'three forces' when 7 forces have submitted an application," said Tatevik Sogoyan, a representative of the "Armenia" alliance, during a press briefing with journalists.
Aram Orbelyan also drew attention to the fact that Safaryan repeatedly used the term "three forces" while discussing the application of 7 forces. According to him, this clearly indicates bias or a policy of continuing political theses.
Recall that on June 7, parliamentary elections were held in Armenia, with the participation of 16 parties and 2 alliances. According to preliminary results, the Prosperous Armenia party received 4% of the votes and could enter parliament. Later, the Central Electoral Commission invalidated the voting results of 3 polling stations, resulting in the "Prosperous Armenia" party losing 213 votes, effectively failing to overcome the 4% threshold. On June 14, the Central Electoral Commission published the final voting results, according to which the Prosperous Armenia party did not enter parliament (58,287 votes or 3.9893%).
According to the final results of the Central Electoral Commission, the ruling party will have 64 mandates in parliament, "Strong Armenia" will have 29, and the "Armenia" alliance will have 12 mandates:
On June 19, 7 political forces appealed to the Constitutional Court demanding to annul the election results. The joint trial of the case in the Constitutional Court began on June 26 at 11 a.m. The Constitutional Court has 15 days to consider the case.
* This text was automatically translated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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