Constitutional Court Dismissed Pashinyan’s Claim

At a court session today Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia left a January 14, 2010 ruling (17-A) by the election commission of the constituency #10 unchanged, the court's press office told Tert.am

The commission’s ruling refers to a voting for a parliamentary seat that saw National Unity MP Ara Simonyan win over Nikol Pashinyan – the former Chief-Editor of the local Armenian daily Haykakan Jamanak (Armenian Times), currently jailed.

The appeal was brought to the Constitutional Court by Nikol Pashinyan who demanded to annul the results of the January 10, 2010 vote, claiming it was rigged.

Ironically, neither Nikol Pashinyan nor his lawyers were present at the court of law while the Constitutional Court held today’s hearing to deliver this unpopular ruling.