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The Ombudsman, the Ministry of Defense, the Investigation Committee and the Free Observer made public a number of irregularities during the early elections.

Arminfo, Armenia
Dec 9 2018
The Ombudsman, the Ministry of Defense, the Investigation Committee  and the Free Observer made public a number of irregularities during  the early elections.

ArmInfo.On the telephone of the Human Rights Defender hotline, at 18:00, 59 signals were received. This is reported by the press service of the  Ombudsman.

According to the source, most of them relate to voting in a  place other than the place of registration, the rights of persons who  are unable toself appear in polling stations or people nameswhich are  not included in the voter list, issues were also raisedrelated to the  violation of the secrecy of voting, changing the place of voting  withoutprior notification of this and others. In addition to  messages,the hotline also studied messages received from the media  and social networks, the total number of which was 750 signals.On  December 9, the hotline of the Ministry of Defense received 39  signals. In particular, they are connected with the organization of  elections, the placement of military personnel in polling stations  and with questions of voting by the military on vacation. A signal  was also received that the police had entered the polling stations in  a martial order, however, it was established that this was just a  misunderstanding, and after a warning the servicemen stood in line.As  of 18:00, the Investigation Committee of Armenia received 12 reports  containing elements of violation of the Criminal Code. 1 signal came  from Yerevan, 4 from the Syunik region, 4 from the Shirak region, and  1 signal each from Vayots Dzrosk, Ararat and Armavir regions. 10 out  of 12 signals concern repeated voting, 1 violation of voting secrets,  1 obstruction of freedom of  voting. 

The observer mission "Free Observer", in turn, announced the recorded  violations on the provision of 16:00. Several incidents were recorded  in Yerevan. They were associated with violation of the secrecy of the  vote, and in the village of Argel, Kotayk region, a case of military  serviceman's vote was recorded, in violation of Article 65 of the  Electoral Code of Armenia.

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