In a seminar for judges held in Yerevan on 26 January 2008, the judges of the Administrative Courts showed both interest and concern about their strengthened role in electoral matters. Their strongest concern was about how they could secure due process within the timeframe given in the law. It is in the nature of the elections that in many disputes a decision simply has to be taken, even though there is a possibility for higher courts later to overturn it. The provisions on how administrative courts have to address electoral disputes should be detailed in the law, be it the Code or another piece of legislation. Emphasis should be put on the rapidity, simplicity and without an overly formalistic approach of such procedures.
