According to official sources, report on voter buying not grounded, no
fact provided to Police
YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The Press Service of RA Prosecutor
General’s Office considers not complete the May 31 report of the
Armenian National Congress (ANC) that the representative of ANC Nor
Nork election headquarters witnessed voter buying. The official source
also mentioned that such a report was really received by the Police,
but it was not grounded, no fact was provided to the Police and no
violation as such was recorded.
The day before the election, on May 30, at about 22:00, Police Nor Nork
department received a report that people gathered near Trade College in
Nor Nork, possibly, give out election bribe. Police Nor Nork
representatives immediately left for the scene of action, visited
polling station N 1/33 located at Trade College, where no fact of voter
buying was recorded.
Materials were prepared on the case, during which Armenian National
Congress bloc’s Council of Elders elections candidate Hrachya
Aghabekian gave an explanation that on May 30, 2009, in the period from
20:30 to 21:00 non-identified citizens rang him up, they did not
introduce themselves and reported about the above mentioned. Meanwhile
he said that he did not check the mentioned fact and called Police Nor
Nork department on the basis of citizens’ reports. An investigation is
being carried out.