CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND GERD-HENRIKH ARENS ARRANGE TO CONTINUE MEETINGS

Panorama.am
20:35 16/02/2008

Armenian Chief Prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepyan yesterday met with
OSCE/ODIHR presidential elections mission head, ambassador,
Gerd-Henrikh Arens. Mrs. Karen Geiner, expert in legal issues, and
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Aram Tamazyan took part at the meeting.

The chief prosecutor informed that the law enforcement bodies received
52 reports as of February 15 and 11 criminal cases were instituted
based on those reports.

Hovsepyan assured that each report is processed according to
law. Decisions are issued based on prepared materials and the
information is posted at the official web page of the Armenian
prosecutor’s office.

The chief prosecutor also mentioned that fake calls and complaints are
many and sometimes those who complaint know about it from the start.

At the request of the observers, the chief prosecutor detailed about
the initial investigation of the criminal cases, among those the
cases of hooliganism in Talin and Artashat. Hovsepyan assured that
the law enforcement bodies have determination and potential to prevent
election breaches as well as to call those guilty for responsibility.

The parties arranged to continue meetings, chief prosecutor’s office
informs.