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14.12.15, 14:19

A criminal case initiated on voting instead of another person in polling station N 8/08

A criminal case initiated on voting instead of another person in polling station N 8/08

A criminal case was initiated in the Investigative Division of Malatia-Sebastia administrative district of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee on voting instead of another person in polling station N 8/08.

On December 6, 2015 a publication was inserted in news site “hetq.am” which said that Hasmik Rafayelyan with her mother and sister went to polling station N 8/08 to take part in referendum. There they found that somebody else had already voted instead of them; there were passport data and signatures of other persons.

According to the call no measure was taken by the members of the commission to provide their constitutional rights to take part in referendum though they had told about the breach requiring to make a record. Considering that in the mentioned materials there are features of crime envisaged by the Article 153 of RA Criminal Code a criminal case was initiated in the Investigative Division of Malatia-Sebastia administrative district according to the Article 153 of RA Criminal Code.

Necessary investigatory measures are taken to find the circumstances of the case, as well as to identify the persons having committed the apparent crime.

Additional information on procedural decisions made on the results of investigation will be provided.