"Bright Armenia" party draws the attention of the public and professional circles to the changes planned in the Electoral Code authored by the government and included in the agenda of the eighth session of the National Assembly.
In particular, it is said in the announcement of LAP. "Among other provisions, the government plans to regulate the suspension of the elections in case of declaration of emergency or martial law. According to this amendment, if a state of emergency or martial law is declared within seven days after the election day, the electoral process is considered suspended by law, after which the resumption of the electoral process necessarily implies the organization and holding of a new vote.
This means that when the preliminary results of the vote are already known, the government, based on subjective perceptions, can declare martial law or a state of emergency, which will automatically nullify the will expressed by the people, the results of the already held election, and lead to a new vote. As has been repeatedly criticized. Not abandoning the principle of a stable majority, as well as this change, the Enlightened Armenia Party considers it to be derived from narrow government interests, which can be an anti-democratic tool in the hands of both the current and future governments, the unwanted election results obtained, that is, to nullify the will of the people. Strong condemnation We oppose the implementation of such a change and demand to refrain from this anti-democratic change.
The full paragraph of the described amendment is below: "If the military or emergency state is declared after the beginning of the period for nominating candidates for the elections of the National Assembly or local self-government bodies until the moment of summarizing the preliminary results of the election voting and validating them with the minutes, then from the moment the military or emergency state is declared, the electoral process is considered suspended by law, after which the resumption of the electoral process necessarily implies the organization and holding of a new vote".
K-927-26.09.2024-PI-011/1, the second paragraph of the third point of the new edition of Article 7.1.
