ARKA news Agency, Armenia
May 13 2007

ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR-GENERAL OFFICE RECEIVES SEVEN WRITTEN COMPLAINTS
ABOUT VIOLATION OF VOTING RIGHTS IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

YEREVAN, May 12. /ARKA/. The office of the Prosecutor-General of
Armenia received seven written complaints about violation of voting
rights in the course of the parliamentary election in Armenia by
3:00pm.
The materials are being prepared based on the complaints, with two of
them in Yerevan and five in the marzes, the press service of the
Prosecutor-General reported.
The duty department of the office also received reports of
inaccuracies in the electoral rolls, particularly about missing
names. Reports on the violations make quite a number, with most of
them not representing the facts and being circulated by the
contenders themselves or their election campaign offices.
Particularly, some election campaign offices circulated reports
saying that the voting at Zvartnots Airport was held as early as at
3:00am and that ballots disappeared at the polling station N12 and
that a mass cast case was recorded in Eghvard and the protesters were
beaten up.
"These reports do not represent the facts: the voting process follows
a normal course, with no serious violation," the press service of
Prosecutor-General reported.
1,923 polling stations were opened throughout the country at 8:00am.
According to the Armenian Police, 2,285,830 people have the right to
vote in the parliamentary election in Armenia. By now 45.8% of the
voters have cast their ballots. N.V. -0–