
In its late-night special sitting, Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) rejected the application of the Yelk (Way out) alliance to cancel the registration of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) in Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
The alliance applied to the CEC over the recent scandal involving public school principals. Last week, it emerged that many school principals are campaigning for HHK’s victory in the April 2 vote. The Union of Informed Citizens (UIC) said last Friday that it had evidence showing that directors of kindergartens and schools in Armenia are illegally pressurizing their staffs and children’s parents to vote for the HHK. Moreover, the UIC said its representatives had telephoned the directors of 136 schools and kindergartens and 114 of them admitted drawing up lists of children’s parents as well as schoolteachers and kindergarten staff who pledged support for the HHK in the upcoming polls. Based on this evidence, the Yelk applied to the CEC demanding that the...
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