GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT
Support A1+!“I cannot tell you how much I am disappointed. I have participated in many elections, but have never witnessed such shameful elections. They cannot be qualified as fair and just elections, since many cases of election frauds have been registered”, told the observer of “Against Legal Arbitrariness” NGO Veronica Melikyan to “A1+”.
Mrs Melikyan’s disappointment was so great, that she even did not register some cases of riggings. When she observed rude violations she did not pay attention to trivial ones. “If the head of the commission represents one party, and other members do not represent any party, you understand that you have nothing to do here. I realized that everything was already counted and our presence had no sense”, said Mrs Melikyan annoyed.
“Against Legal Arbitrariness” NGO visited many election precincts and observed cases of violations. They witnessed cases of double sealing at school after Chkalov. Veronica Melikyan has met a man moving from one precinct to another. Queues were formed artificially. “At some precincts election lists were hanging behind the commission. Some people did not know where to vote. At school after Abovyan such a queue was formed that the OSCE observers were unable to enter”.
The executive director of “Center of Social Dialogues and Initiatives” NGO Ruzanna Sedrakyan could not give any information since their observers were just gathering. But they had been in touch and registered the cases of violations.
The NGO was informed that bribe was distributed. “After voting a woman approached our observer and demanded her money to return to Vanadzor”.
The press speaker of “It’s your choice” NGO Hasmik Sargsyan could not give any information, since they had to sum up all records of riggings according to their types. “We can prove that in some cases attempts were made to restrict the activities of observers”.
