HELSINKI CITIZENS' ASSEMBLY VANADZOR OFFICE: VOTING IN LORI AND TAVUSH REGIONS FAILED TO MEET CRITERIA OF FREE AND FAIR ELECTION
ARMINFO
Tuesday, February 19, 19:51
The Feb 18 voting in Lori and Tavush regions failed to meet the
criteria of free and fair election. This is the conclusion of the
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office (HCAV) on the basis of
election observation at 70 polling stations.
HCAV says that the voting passed with numerous violations, which
affected the results of the election. HCAV points out such violations
as lack of the ballot secrecy, ballot stuffing, propaganda, etc. The
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office also stressed that all
these violations were made by the supporters of presidential candidate
Serzh Sargsyan.
To remind, according to the preliminary results of the election,
the incumbent President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan obtained 58.64%
(861,160 votes), the leader of Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian -
36.75% (539,672), Hrant Bagratyan - 2.15%, Paruyr Hayrikyan - 1.23%,
Andreas Ghukasyan - 0.57%, Vardan Sedrakyan - 0.42%, Arman Melikyan
- 0.24%.
ARMINFO
Tuesday, February 19, 19:51
The Feb 18 voting in Lori and Tavush regions failed to meet the
criteria of free and fair election. This is the conclusion of the
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office (HCAV) on the basis of
election observation at 70 polling stations.
HCAV says that the voting passed with numerous violations, which
affected the results of the election. HCAV points out such violations
as lack of the ballot secrecy, ballot stuffing, propaganda, etc. The
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office also stressed that all
these violations were made by the supporters of presidential candidate
Serzh Sargsyan.
To remind, according to the preliminary results of the election,
the incumbent President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan obtained 58.64%
(861,160 votes), the leader of Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian -
36.75% (539,672), Hrant Bagratyan - 2.15%, Paruyr Hayrikyan - 1.23%,
Andreas Ghukasyan - 0.57%, Vardan Sedrakyan - 0.42%, Arman Melikyan
- 0.24%.