PROSECUTORS ASK BAGHDASARIAN’S ALLY TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT ALLEGED PREPARATIONS FOR VOTE RIGGING

ARMENPRESS
Feb 6, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian Office of the
Prosecutor-General has asked a parliament member Heghine Bisharian,
who is a deputy chairman of the Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) party
and head of its chairman, Arthur Baghdasarian’s campaign office,
to provide them with information which she said she possesses about
preparations for massive vote rigging across the country during the
February 19 presidential election.

A spokeswoman for the Office of the Prosecutor-General, Sona Truzian,
told Armenpress that during a rally in Yerevan on February 3 staged
by the Orinats Yerkir party Mrs. Bisharian declared that a business
tycoon Samvel Alexanian (who is said to have close connections with
the authorities) ‘has opened his tight-filled purse and is buying votes
(for prime minister Serzh Sarkisian)."

She also said she had information about preparations for massive
election fraud in Goris, Armavir, Tashir and Etchmiadzin.

Sona Truzian said a special unit set up by the Office of the
Prosecutor-General to respond to all election-related crimes, wants
this information to prevent the alleged vote rigging.