Candidate for president Artur Bagdasaryan’s headquarters asks Armenian CEC
and law-enforcement agencies to assume measures for suppression of
violations over the election

2008-02-19 18:04:00

ArmInfo. Candidate for president, leader of Orinats Yerkir party Artur
Bagdasaryan’s headquarters applied to Armenian Central Electoral
Commission and law-enforcement agencies to assume measures for
suppression of violations over the presidential election in Armenia.

According to the statement received by Arminfo from Artur Bagdasaryan’s
headquarters, beginning from 15:00 PM the facts of frightening and
beating up of people were fixed at different ballot stations all
over the territory of the country as well as mass ballot stuffing and
other fraud. At one of the ballot stations located at 28th electoral
commission the head of the commission removed one of its members
epresenting Orinats Yerkir Anahit Tamaryan from the ballot station
threatening her and demanded from her not to return. Meanwhile ballot
stuffing took place at the given ballot station. At ballot station
05 of the 7-th electoral commission its head threatened the Orinats
Yerkir party member of the commission Levon Pogosyan and removed him
from the voting room telling him not to come back. Then he did ballot
stuffing. The same was taking place at one of the ballot stations
located at Gegarkunik region.

People were frightened at the ballot station 13/1 of Erebuni district
of Yerevan and ballot stuffing took place. Fight and ballot stuffing
took place at the ballot station 13/16 of the same district. At 14:30
PM the ballot station 7/25 was closed and mass ballot stuffing took
place. Campaign agents were beaten up at one of the ballot stations
of Malatia-Sebastia district of Yerevan and mass ballot stuffing
took place. The same took place at several ballot stations of the
17th electoral district, Orinats Yerkir party electoral headquarters
reports.