During the parliamentary elections in Armenia, a serious scandal is brewing in the Syunik Marz regarding the possible flagrant violation of the electoral legislation. Opinions were spread in the press, in which a high-ranking representative of the election commission supposedly collects ballots and takes them out of the polling station.
“Ishkhanutyun” periodical published a video from the polling station of Lor village, where, according to the source, Armine Andranikyan, the chairman of the territorial election commission of Sisyan, is depicted.
The footage shows how the official, who is a supporter of the ruling “Civil Pact” party, collects the ballots from the polling booths into a bag, announcing his intention to transfer them to another polling station.
According to the media, this process was supported by her husband, the chairman of the precinct committee, the head of Sisyan’s utility service. Davit Margaryan. Earlier, alarms were sounded that Margaryan purposely moved the voting place of his 43 subordinates to this very rural district.
Journalists assess what happened as an attempt to use and control administrative resources in favor of the authorities, while emphasizing the inaction of law enforcement agencies.
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