Armenia's Central Election Commission upheld the observer's accreditation.

The statement by the leader of the Enlightened Armenia party demanding that Daniel Ioannisyan, a representative of the Independent Observer coalition and the Union of Informed Citizens public organization, be stripped of his election accreditation, was dismissed.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, the elections to the National Assembly of Armenia will be held on June 7. Analysts believe that the parties of Samvel Karapetyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and former President Robert Kocharyan will be key competitors in the elections. Samvel Karapetyan's "Strong Armenia", along with Robert Kocharyan's "Armenia" bloc and Gagik Tsarukyan's "Prosperous Armenia" party, is one of the most pro-Russian parties in the Armenian parliamentary elections.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) rejected the application of Edmon Marukyan, leader of the "Bright Armenia" party (also referred to in the media as "Bright Armenia"), demanding the deprivation of accreditation of Daniel Ioannisyan, a representative of the "Independent Observer" coalition and the public organization "Union" "Informed Citizens."

Chairman of the Central Election Commission Vahagn Hovakimyan stated that there are insufficient grounds for revoking Ioannisyan's accreditation. At the same time, the CEC called for the removal of negative publications concerning the Bright Armenia party and refraining from their re-dissemination, Armenia Today writes.

The Central Election Commission of Armenia de facto acknowledged that a violation had been committed against the party, but at the same time rejected the demand to revoke the mandate of the Union of Informed Citizens organization as observers, stated Edmon Marukyan, leader of the Bright Armenia party.

According to him, the CEC could have even limited itself to revoking Daniel Ioannisyan's accreditation, but did not do even that.

At the same time, as Marukyan noted, the commission decided to oblige the independent observer alliance, of which Ioannisyan is a member, to remove publications and statements concerning him personally.

Marukyan He recalled that the video material and publications in question had already been distributed and posted in various sources, making the restoration of violated rights more difficult.

"The CEC essentially acknowledged that a violation against us had taken place," he stated, adding that the commission considered the requirement to strip the observers of their mandates to be excessively strict.

At the same time, he expressed the opinion that the key issue remains oversight of the CEC's decision: will Ioannisyan remove the relevant publications and what will happen in the event of a refusal, News.Am reports.

The Bright Armenia party submitted a statement against Ioannisyan to the Central Electoral Commission on May 27. The CEC began reviewing the case on May 29. Then, Artur Sakunts, a representative of the Independent Observer coalition, objected that Ioannisyan had not conducted counter-propaganda against any force or participated in political campaigning, but had only disseminated information from other sources on his Facebook page*, reports Armenia Today.