Police clarification on statement disseminated by the joint headquarter of "No"
According to the statement disseminated by the joint headquarter of the "No" the supplementary lists of voters should have been compiled on the basis of applications of those citizens whо, coincidentally, will fail to be at the place of their registered residence on the voting day. According to the above-mentioned statement, a large number of villagers have been included in the «supplementary lists», which are entitled to vote in Yerevan, this phenomenon has been interpreted as a premeditated trick of committing election fraud. Police of the Republic of Armenia would hereby like to once again clarify that November 29, 2015 was the deadline for being included in the supplementary lists of voters of the closest electoral precinct at the place of his/her location. When a citizen submits to the corresponding passport service an application for being included in the supplementary list of voters, the passport service itself is not authorized to consider the possible existence of further factual grounds and refuse the applicant, being guided by its suppositions of his/her whereabouts on the voting day, relying on the presumption, that the citizen will fail to be in the mentioned community that day. The application is refused provided the terms and condition of submission are violated. The supplementary lists have been compiled in the manner and terms prescribed by law. To ensure public oversight of the personal data repetition cases, the list of repeated personal data along with the main lists of voters have been handed in to the chairpersons of precinct election commissions and have so far been avaible on the official website of Police of the Republic of Armenia (www.police.am) , with the ability to download them. Everyone can download the complete list and make sure that citizen's personal data are included only in one place and one list. Police are affirming their readiness to assist in providing any information. Statement Police of the Republic of Armenia are continuing its monitoring over alarming reports made by media representatives, public organizations, trustees and observers who are following the course of the Constitutional Referendum in Armenia, besides, the system of feedback and prompt response is continuing its operation. As of 2 p.m. December 6, 38 alarming reports have been looked into at Police, 3 of which have been received through the telephone hotline, 2 from the police territorial units and 33 reports have been downloaded from websites. The alarming reports mainly refer to facts of violation of people's individual right to vote (attempt to lead the voter), impeding professional activities of journalists, impeding observers and attempted distribution of election bribes, specification of electoral lists, electoral fraud, threat against trusted representatives, propaganda, overcrowding and gatherings at polling and etc. All the reports have been submitted to the police territorial units and the Passport and Visa Department of the RA Police to prepare materials and take a decision about their further course. Police expresses its gratitude to all those who are regularly providing information, being guided by their honest concern about excluding election fraud. Simultaneously, we are once again calling on to rely on factual data and reliable information, to refrain from disseminating unverified news and applying the unacceptable strategy of artificially tensing the atmosphere through spreading misinformation.
