The RA Migration and Citizenship Service has officially denied the rumors about electoral fraud related to the registration of an unknown person at the address of the residence of the second president, Robert Kocharyan, clarifying that the registration is legal, and the misunderstanding is related to the technical features of addressing the adjacent buildings.
Responding to the alarms about the additional voter registered at Isakov 23/7, the department detailed that there are other buildings and plots of land adjacent to the given address in the state register. The person in question is legally registered in one of those adjacent areas, but the exact details of the address were not reflected in the general list of voters purely technically.
The service emphasized that voter lists are published forty days before voting in order to correct possible inaccuracies in time, but Kocharyan’s family did not submit any complaints during this period. In addition, the relevant body reminds that registration is only a technical means to attach a citizen to a specific polling station and is not in itself a basis for gaining or losing the right to vote.
Therefore, according to the official explanation, presenting this phenomenon as election fraud is an attempt to mislead the public.
Let’s remind that on June 7, parliamentary elections are held in Armenia, where the ruling “Civil Agreement” party and a number of opposition forces, including the “Armenia” and “Strong Armenia” blocs, are fighting for seats in the National Assembly. Voting is taking place in conditions of exceptionally high voter activity. as of 5:00 p.m., the turnout was close to 49%, significantly exceeding the 2021 special election data.
The electoral process is accompanied by marked tension. the opposition and independent observers warn about massive violations, use of administrative resources and problems of secrecy of voting. Law enforcement agencies report dozens of incidents and arrests on suspicion of voter bribery and re-voting, while government officials warn to prevent post-election destabilization and any attempt to encroach on the constitutional order with all the strictness of the law.
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