POLICE EXAMINE 7 REPORTS ON VIOLATIONS DURING BY-ELECTION OF NA DEPUTY
NoyanTapan
Jan 14, 2010
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. As of January 12, one report was
received regarding violations during the January 10 by-election of a
National Assembly deputy at electoral district 10 in Yerevan, another
7 reports are being examined on the initiative of the prosecutor’s
office – following monitoring by the mass media.
Particularly:
At 2:45 pm on January 10, the Marash unit of RA police received a
call about an argument outside polling station 10/09 located in John
Kirakosian Secondary School No 20. Policemen were immediately sent
to the scene of the incident.
On the same day the Marash police unit received a call from University
Hospital No 1: citizens Petros Makeyan, Karen Makeyan and Suren
Martirosian told the hospital personnel that they had suffered
injuries during an argument and a scuffle outside polling station
10/09. After the phone call, the above mentioned men were taken to
Surb Grigor Lusavorich Medical Center, where they received medical
aid and then were discharged.
The police were also informed about this incident by Tigran Muradian,
an empowered person of candidate for the post of NA deputy A.
Simonian. According to T. Muradian, at about 2:30 pm on January 10
he noticed that P. Makeyan – an empowered person of candidate Nikol
Pashinian, along with another two supporters was engaged in propaganda
in favor of Pashinian outside polling station 10/09, and he warned them
to stop it. An argument broke out, which was followed by a scuffle.
P. Makeyan, K. Makeyan and S. Martirosian declined to provide
explanation to policemen who arrived at the hospital on January 10. P.
Makeyan provided explanation about the incident only on January 12,
at the police unit. A criminal case was opened under Article 258
of the RA Criminal Code, police are conducting an investigation to
reveal all circumstances of this incident.
The press service of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office reports that
following mass media monitoring, the prosecutor’s office instructed the
police to check the circumstances indicated in the publications such
as preventing reporters, observers and empowered persons from carrying
out their work, voting instead of another person, and falsification
of vote results at polling stations 10/19, 10/14, 10/15, 10/20, 10/12,
10/18 and 10/24.
By instruction of the RA prosecutor general, the materials about
violations at polling station 10/19 were sent to the RA Special
Investigation Service for opening a criminal case and conducting
an investigation. The police continue examining violations at other
polling stations indicated in mass media publications.