Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) returns, rather than rejects, a request related to the detention of Narek Karapetyan. According to reporting, the CEC’s decision is linked to guidance from the Constitutional Court and to the CEC’s limits within its legal authority. The move means the prosecution’s detention request is not concluded through a rejection at this stage, but instead is sent back for further handling.
Defense counsel Aram Vardevanyan states that the CEC has returned the prosecution’s application for detention. The CEC’s reasoning, as described in the available accounts, focuses on procedural and constitutional constraints, indicating that the commission is acting within boundaries defined by law and prior Constitutional Court guidance. The outlets do not provide additional details about the underlying allegations or the next steps in the process. At present, the reported common point across sources is the CEC’s action to return the detention request and its stated reliance on constitutional and jurisdictional considerations.
