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RA CEC rejects petition of Marukyan`s party to strip Union of  Informed Citizens of its observer mandate

RA CEC rejects petition of Marukyan`s party to strip Union of  Informed Citizens of its observer mandate

ArmInfo.  The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia rejected the petition of Edmon Marukyan's Bright Armenia party to strip the NGO "Union of Informed Citizens"  and Daniel Ionisyan of their observer mandate for the upcoming  parliamentary elections on June 7.

Following the meeting, the CEC called on the Union of Informed  Citizens to remove negative publications about Bright Armenia and to  prevent such publications in the future.  

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