Elections in Armenia after defeat against Azerbaijan: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wins

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June 21, 2021 The early vote,

, rewards the Armenian Prime Minister

. The opposition alliance led by its main rival, former president Robert Kocharyan, has denounced electoral fraud.

"The Armenian people have given the Civil Contract the mandate to lead the country and personally me to lead the country as premier," said Pashinyan, claiming victory for his party in the legislative elections.

"We already know that we have achieved a convincing victory in the elections and we will have a convincing majority in Parliament," continued the reconfirmed prime minister during a speech broadcast live from Yerevan. The

. The opposition has already rebelled against the "planned falsifications" and asked "to study carefully the alleged and reported frauds". "Until these requests are fully answered, the bloc will not recognize the voting results," the rival party said.

On the eve of the vote, Pashinyan had urged his compatriots to give him a "mandate of steel" and had warned of the risks of "a civil war". "The people have given us a mandate for the enforcement of law and law, and we must use it immediately," he commented. Despite the opposition's accusations, the Central Electoral Commission assured that "on the whole, the elections were held in compliance with the law".

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. Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), responsible for monitoring the transparency of the vote, will present their preliminary results. About

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