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NON-CREDIBLE ACTIVITY BY ARMENIA'S POLICE COULD CAST SHADOW UPON POSITIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ELECTION - OMBUDSMAN
NEWS.AM
February 19, 2013 | 10:44
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Human Rights Defender, Karen Andreasyan, issued
a statement in which he reflected on Monday's presidential election
in the country.
"What's more important than the election results is the public
trust in these results. This notwithstanding, no evaluation can
be complete and trustworthy for the Armenian body politic unless
Armenia's Police objectively present how many reports were made
with respect to the following most serious election violations,
and how many of them were valid: Distribution of election bribes;
multiple voting; voting upon directives; ballot stuffing; pressuring a
[polling precinct] commission member, or a proxy, during vote-counting;
[and] falsification of the results of vote-counting.
It is also extremely important to find out and present to the public as
to why the activities of Gala TV's website were hampered on Election
Day. It is also indispensable to expose all cases of hindrance to
the activities of journalists and observers, and to hold the guilty
to account.
A non-credible activity by the Police could cast a shadow upon the
positive accomplishments of all phases of this election," the Armenian
ombudsman's respective statement reads in particular.
From: Baghdasarian
NEWS.AM
February 19, 2013 | 10:44
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Human Rights Defender, Karen Andreasyan, issued
a statement in which he reflected on Monday's presidential election
in the country.
"What's more important than the election results is the public
trust in these results. This notwithstanding, no evaluation can
be complete and trustworthy for the Armenian body politic unless
Armenia's Police objectively present how many reports were made
with respect to the following most serious election violations,
and how many of them were valid: Distribution of election bribes;
multiple voting; voting upon directives; ballot stuffing; pressuring a
[polling precinct] commission member, or a proxy, during vote-counting;
[and] falsification of the results of vote-counting.
It is also extremely important to find out and present to the public as
to why the activities of Gala TV's website were hampered on Election
Day. It is also indispensable to expose all cases of hindrance to
the activities of journalists and observers, and to hold the guilty
to account.
A non-credible activity by the Police could cast a shadow upon the
positive accomplishments of all phases of this election," the Armenian
ombudsman's respective statement reads in particular.
From: Baghdasarian