HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER CALLS ON POLICE TO REVEAL TRUE NUMBER OF ELECTION VIOLATION REPORTS
10:27, February 19, 2013
In a statement released today, Armenia’s Human rights Defender Karen
Andreasyan called on the RA Police to reveal the actual number of
telephone calls it received regarding election violations and the
number that had merit.
Andreasyan said that otherwise, any evaluation of yesterday’s
presidential election wouldn’t be regarded as comprehensive and
convincing.
He urged the RA Police to release figures on instances of bribe
giving, double voting, ballot stuffing, distorting the vote count,
pressure brought to bear on those counting the votes, and instances
where voters were instructed who to vote for.
Andreasyan said the Police must also investigate why the operation
of GALA TV was interrupted on the day of the election and reveal
all cases of where members of the press and election monitors were
hindered in their work.
He said that his office had received 253 calls regarding various
election violations and would continue to accept further infraction
reports before issuing a comprehensive evaluation of the election.
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