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Headlines for May 06, 2012

RULE OF LAW DISTRIBUTES BRIBES IN ALAVERDI DAY BEFORE ELECTION
According to Armenian law, election campaigning was prohibited yesterday, the day before today's parliamentary elections. It seems that the Rule of Law party, a junior coalition member, had no use for ...
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UNDERWAY IN ARMENIA
Polling stations opened at 8am in Armenia for today's parliamentary election. They will close at 8pm. Stay with Hetq throughout the day for up to date coverage of the election from polling stations throughout ...
INK STAMP IMMEDIATELY DISAPPEARS ON PASSPORTS IN AJAPNYAK
Hetq has been informed that the ink stamp used on passports of citizens who have voted, is "mysteriously disappearing" even before they leave the 6/01 polling station in Yerevan's Ajapnyak district. The ...
CANDIDATE GOHAR VEZIRYAN CLAIMS 10,000 AMD BRIBES HANDED OUT
Earlier this morning, Gohar Veziryan, a candidate running for parliament in Election District 12, filed a report with the General Prosecutor's Office that 10,000 AMD bribes were being handed in favour ...
PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PROXIES CLAIM GYUMRI MAYOR'S SON SNATCHED TV CAMERA
At 8:30 today, Prosperous Armenia Party election proxies called the RA Prosecutor General's Office, claiming that Spartak Ghoukasyan, the son of the Gyumri mayor (photo) snatched a video camera from a ...
MP BAKHSHYAN - KARPI MAYOR IS INTERFERING WITH LOCAL ELECTION COMMITTEE
Heritage Party MP Anahit Bakhshyan filed a report earlier today with the Prosecutor General that the mayor of Karbi village was interfering with the work of the local election committee. Local Aragatzotn ...
ANOTHER "DISAPPEARING INK" REPORT; HAS TO BE INTENTIONAL SAYS ANC CANDIDATE
Throughout the day, Hetq has been receiving reports about disappearing ink stamps on passports. The stamps are intended to show that the passport holder has already cast his/her ballot. The latest such ...
MKHOYAN SUPPORTERS STAGE PROTEST WRITE-IN VOTE
Some voters at the 21/15 polling station in Armavir Marz have been registering a protest vote for a candidate that was forced to pull out of the race for parliament. In what might be a first for Armenia, ...
DISAPPEARING INK; INVALID SIGNATURES IN VANADZOR
Reports from the 30/27 polling station in Vanadzor say that the ink being used to stamp passports after voting is also disappearing a mere three hours later. By law, the ink is supposed to remain visible ...
JOINT MONITORING BODY: PAY ATTENTION TO DISAPPEARING INK STAMPS
The umbrella election monitoring body, comprised of the ANC, Prosperous Armenia and ARF, has released a statement calling on government agencies and international observers to focus their attention on ...
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER: 137 CALLS TO HOTLINE IN 4 HOURS
Armenia's Human Rights Defender's Office reports that it has received 137 calls regarding election violations and other infractions during the period 8am to noon. Public Affairs head Naira Karmirshlyan ...
LONG LINES, SHORT TEMPERS IN YEREVAN'S 9/17 POLLING STATION
Long lines and an air of disorder...this is the scene inside the 9/17 polling station (the Stepan Shahoumyan H.S.) There are 1,756 names on the voter rolls at this polling station. Many of those showing ...
ARMENIA'S PRIME MINISTER - "THIS ELECTION WILL BE THE MOST TRANSPARENT YET IN ARMENIA"
After Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan voted today in Yerevan, he turned to reporters and said, "I am convinced that these elections would be the most transparent in the history of the newly independent ...
ANC PROXY - "IT'S A STAGED ELECTION"
Armanoush Mirzoyan, president of the 2/07 polling station in Yerevan's Nork Nork district, has given a big "thumbs up" to today's parliamentary election, describing the process as "ideal". In contrast, ...
STEADY STREAM OF CALLS TO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER'S HOTLINE
During the eight hours since pools opened inArmeniaat 8am, the Human Rights Defender's Office has received 151 calls via its election hotline. Most of the calls earlier in the day had been about the disappearing ...
RADIO LIBERTY REPORTER SAYS SHE WAS ASSAULTED OUTSIDE POLLING STATION
A female reporter for Radio Liberty, Elina Chilingaryan, says that one of a group of young men outside the Erebuni 12/33 polling station attacked her as she was taking pictures. Chilingaryan claims the ...
EREBUNI ELECTION COMMITTEE PREZ - "LOOK HERE GIRLS, ALL IS NORMAL HERE"
The 12/27 polling station in Yerevan's Erebuni district is experiencing bottlenecks due to long lines of voters trying to push their way inside. Alina Margaryan, president of the local election committee, ...
VIDEO REPORT: MYSTERIOUS WOMAN IN BLACK CREATES TROUBLE AT SHENGAVIT POLLING STATION
Here's a scene from the 12/34 polling station in Yerevan's Shengavit district. The woman in the photo holding a bunch of papers alleged to be a copy of the local voting rolls is Marineh Hakobyan. For ...
51.5% OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS HAVE CAST BALLOTS AS OF 5PM
According to figures supplied by the Central Election Commission, 51.5% of eligible voters had cast their ballots as of 5pm local time. Polls will close at 8pm. The table at the left reads: Marz - Eligible ...