At today’s press conference in Freedom Square, Raffi Hovannisian gave the authorities in power until tomorrow at 5pm to confess to the numerous election violations they committed and to apologize to the voters of Armenia.
The HAK (Armenian National Congress) issues a statement today labelling yesterday’s presidential election just the latest in a series of reprehensible elections in Armenia.
Here are a few photos taken at Freedom Square, the site of Raffi Hovannisian's post election press conference. More than reporters showed up to hear what the Heritage Party candidate, who officially came in second place, had to say regarding yesterday's presidential election.
This Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions is the result of a common endeavour involving the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the European Parliament (EP).
The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) has unveiled a report titled “Organized Crime And Drugs in Sport”. The report is looks at the use of Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (PIEDs) in multiple sports.
Dear political tourists, we have had enough of your efforts to legitimize the rigged election.
OSCE PA election observers walked out midway during a press conference at the Marriot Hotel in Yerevan when an activist from the audience climbed onto the stage and began to read a prepared text regarding election violations.
Anahit Bakhshyan from the Heritage Party told Hetq that Raffi Hovannisian would issue his final evaluation regarding yesterday’s election at Freedom Square at 5pm today.
Heritage Party press secretary Hovsep Khourshoudyan told reporters today that yesterday’s election result hadn't provided Armenia with a legitimate government and that a revolutionary sentiment was in the air.
On his Facebook page today, Vardan Gevorgyan accused Republican Party election operatives at a Yerevan polling precinct of invalidating ballots cast in favour of Raffi Hovannisian.
The 18 February Armenian presidential election demonstrated improvements over previous presidential elections but the limited field of candidates meant that the election was not genuinely competitive, concluded observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in a statement released today.
In the bulletin on offences published on February 16, 2013 by the pre-electoral headquarter of the candidate for President Raffi Hovhannisyan it was mentioned that money equivalent to 500 USD was offered to the member of one of the local election commissions of town Hrazdan, a member of "Hertitage" party who didn't want to introduce himself.
The examination of the incident recorded on February 18, 2013 at about 17:45 in the precinct N 34/36 of Gyumri with the participation of the Deputies of National Assembly Ruben Hakobyan and Suqias Avetisyan will be implemented by the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia.
During the election of RA President on February 18, 2013 72 reports were proceeded by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia until 23:00. 50 of these reports were proceeded in the result of monitoring the mass media implemented by the Prosecution Office, 5 were proceeded on the base of the alarms received on hot line.
The enclosed is a preliminary list of violations collected at Raffi Hovannisian campaign headquarters on the day of February 18, 2013. Together with our earlier report documenting the massive violations occurring in the pre-election period (also enclosed), they reflect the ultimate failure of the authorities to organize a free and transparent presidential election in the Republic of Armenia.
In a statement released today, Armenia’s Human rights Defender Karen Andreasyan called on the RA Police to reveal the actual number of telephone calls it received regarding election violations and the number that had merit.
Serzh Sargsyan was declared the winner in yesterday’s presidential election with 58.64% of the vote
At a hastily convened press conference a few hours after the polls closed in Armenia, Raffi Hovannisian put a good face on his second place showing in the presidential election by stating that “All of us are winners. The Armenian people have become a nation, a state. The people have spoken.”
He also claimed that a Heritage Party representative was threatened by a group associated with Samvel Aleksanyan who had engaged in ballot stuffing in a Malatya-Sebastia precint.
Central Electoral Commission Proclaims Sargsyan Winner with 68.9%
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