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The announcement of the police of the Republic of Armenia concerning the media reports on the distribution of electoral bribe

17.02.2013 18:24 Elections
The announcement of the police of the Republic of Armenia concerning the media reports on the distribution of electoral bribe
During the campaign of the presidential elections in the Republic of Armenia the police of the RA continues to exercise its powers stipulated by the RA legislation to ensure legality, restrain, prevent and take precautions against ofences, especially, infringments of voting rights and as well as to detect people who committed those offences.
Since January 21, 2013 up to now control actions have been taken and are still being taken within the bounds of pre-election processes in connection with the reports on more than 7 decades of apparent crimes presented by natural persons and legal entities and media.
In recent days quite intensive information on bribing voters in this or that settlement or residential area of the Republic of Armenia has appeared in media and various social networks. The authorized subdivisions of the police of the Republic of Armenia have immediately reacted to those reports and in maximum short time have undertaken all legal measures to verify the authenticity of the facts in reports.
As a result of the inspections stipulated by legal procedures, in the overwhelming majority of cases it turned out that the information on bribing voters was either a result of inconcrete conversations (rumors) or a result of the reporters’ suppositions, or had such a general nature that didn’t even include reasonable data about certain people or facts, and in a number of cases people reporting such cases have refused to provide materials confirming their report or to cooperate with competent authorities otherwise.
Thus, Hrant Mkrtchyan, an inhabitant of Oshakan village, Aragatsotn province, during a meeting with a presidential candidate announced that 5000 AMD was distributed as a bribe in their village, though, later on, in response to police officers interrogation, he insisted that there had not been such a case in Oshakan village and he had heard about the bribery from general conversations.
 
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As for cases of not cooperating with the police, in this respect the examples of the journalists about the ‘Aspares’ club and the ‘Gala’ TV company are noteworthy, when the individuals declaring electoral bribery in the social networks or on TV, later on just refused to provide materials or other information about the facts they reported.


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The Police of the Republic of Armenia, highly appreciating the activity of our citizens, media, civil society institutes and their efforts to satisfy the requirements of the legislation as well as to disclose the offences, also calls to everyone to mention concrete or certain facts in their reports on any offences, including electoral bribery, as well as to assist police in verification of the credibility of that information or the legitimacy of the sources of such information, after making such reports.
In all cases the police of the Republic of Armenia will continue to undertake all legal and necessary measures within its comission in order to ensure the legitimacy of the electoral processes, expecting the support and cooperation of natural persons, media, public organizations and political parties. 

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