Dashnaktsutyun’s candidate was offered to vote for RPA - paper

Dashnaktsutyun’s candidate was offered to vote for RPA - paper
April 14, 2012 - 10:45 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Arthur Yeghiazaryan, member of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun running for the parliament in the 8th constituency, says representatives of housing community visited his home offering to vote for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.

Yeghiazaryan says he doesn’t know what electoral bribe he could get if he favored the RPA because he refused to further listen to them, Hayatsk paper reports.

“Well, district administrations are implementing the usual instructions they got from the top leadership,” paper says.

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