ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN RECEIVES NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR VIOLATIONS DURING ELECTIONS TO YEREVAN CITY COUNCIL

ArmInfo
2009-06-01 13:19:00

ArmInfo. Armenian Ombudsman Office has received numerous complaints
for violations during the elections to the Yerevan City Council,
says the statement by Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunyan.

Thus, the complaints were mostly related to mass delivery of electors,
including from the towns of Gyumri and Vanadzor, to polling stations in
Yerevan; calls for voting in favor of specific candidates; violation
of secret ballot principle. Ombudsman received also alarms about
hindrance to activity of journalists and even cases of violence
to journalists. Ombudsman says that he is ready to discuss every
complaint on falsifications within his competence and calls on the
authorized bodies to verify the reports on the given violations. Armen
Haroutiunyan also condemns violence to journalists.