Voting at 22/26 precinct was never suspended, minor technical problem has been solved - CEC

The voting in the 22/26 polling station has not been suspended, Central Electoral Commission (CEC) legal department head Lilia Hakobyan told reporters at a briefing, commenting on media reports alleging that the voting process was stopped at the precinct because the ballots of My Step Alliance were not included in the ballot package.

“A certain problem took place, and the presence of the ballots was ensured, voting was re-stored, there was no suspension”, Hakobyan said.

There was not a single voter to get an incomplete package of ballots, she said.

“There was a technical problem”, she added.

2010 polling stations across 13 electoral districts throughout the country have opened as of 08:00, December 9.

The vote will be concluded at 20:00, and the ballot count will begin.

Nine political parties and two alliances are running for parliament.

Candidates are – Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Citizens Decision Social-Democratic Party, ARF, aka Dashnaktsutyun, the ruling My Step Alliance, Lusavor Hayastan (Luminous Armenia) Party, Christian-People’s Rebirth Party, National Progress Party, Menk (We) Alliance, Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law, aka Country of Law) Party and Bargavatch Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) Party.

According to official data, 2,573,779 people are entitled to vote.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan tendered a tactical resignation on October 16 in a maneuver to trigger the process of dissolving the parliament.

In accordance to the Constitution, when a Prime Minister resigns the parliament must elect a new PM within two weeks. Lawmakers d...