11 MEMBERS OF DISTRICT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONS RECOGNIZED GUILTY OF SIMULATING BALLOT RESULTS OF RA NA ELECTIONS

Noyan Tapan
Aug 1, 2007

YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Eight cases with regard to seventeen
people were filed to court among the criminal cases sued on account of
criminally prosecuted infringements registered during the elections of
the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, which were held on
May 12. The charges presented by the preliminary body were regarded
as grounded ones with regard to 16 people with seven of the criminal
cases filed to court and bills of indictment were also passed. Twelve
members of the District Electoral Commission were found guilty of
four criminal cases. Eleven members of the above-mentioned commission,
including three people, that is to say, Chairmen of District Electoral
Commissions, were found guilty of simulating the results of the ballot
and one of them was charged with laying obstacles in the path of the
proceedings of the District Electoral Commission.

According to the message received from the RA Prosecutor General’s
Office, three people with two criminal cases were found guilty
of laying obstacles and attempting to lay obstacles in the path of
implementing a free will of a voter. One person with one criminal case
was found guilty of making a row in the electoral constituency. The
trial of a person with one criminal case is still under process.