CHAIRWOMAN OF POLLING STATION 22/21 OF REGION OF GEGHARKUNIK PUT UNDER ARREST
Noyan Tapan
March 5, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 5, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the information provided
by Sona Truzian, the Spokesperson of the RA Prosecutor General,
great inconformities between the brief record of results of the
elections and the data of the brief record presented by the Central
Electoral Commission were revealed as a result of the observation
of the ballot-papers in Polling Station 22/21 of the region of
Gegharkunik. It became clear by the observation conducted on March
4 in the presence of Hamlet Abrahamian, the representative of the
RA Central Electoral Commission, representatives of mass media and
observers that the real votes given for three presidential candidates:
Vahan Hovhannisian, Serge Sargsian and Levon Ter-Petrosian, have
been simulated: in the document presented to the Central Electoral
Commission the votes for Vahan Hovhannisian were 100 instead of the
real 63, those of Serge Sargsian were 500 instead of 359 and the
votes for Levon Ter-Petrosian were 559 instead of the real 41.
The observation was conducted within the framework of the preliminary
investigation of the criminal case filed on the indications of Article
150 of the RA Criminal Code, which is being implemented by the Special
Investigation Service. The case was filed after the Central Electoral
Commission sent materials to the RA Prosecutor General’s Office on
February 28, and the latter sent them to the Special Investigation
Service on the same day. Hripsime Haytian, the Chairwoman of Polling
Station 22/21 is put under arrest, a charge has been brought against
her. According to the Spokesperson of the RA Prosecutor General,
she has admitted the charge and given admission evidence.