Armenian Prosecutor General's Office working group received 41 alerts on campaign violations

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia took to consideration today the suit of the presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who demands to recognize as "insuperable" the obstacles, which arose on his way of continuing the pre-election campaign.



"The appeal of Ter-Petrosyan's representatives to the Constitutional Court is authorized," CC Chairman Gagik Harutyunyan said.



Meanwhile, Heritage party led by Raffi Hovannisian announced support to presidential hopeful Levon Ter-Petrosyan.



HayPost concluded the delivery of election notifications in the whole territory of Armenia, HayPost CJSC Director General Hans Boon stated today. Addressing the HayPost employees, Hans Boon informed that all the electors throughout the country received notifications on the date of the elections and on the local polling station, in which they are going to vote.



Working group of the Armenian Prosecutor General's Office in all received 41 calls on the possible violations of law in the process of the pre-election campaign, Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan said.



According to him, as a result of study of the facts, 11 criminal cases are initiated - mainly on facts of hooliganism and waste of property.



Aghvan Hovsepyan noted that 20 out of 41 calls were received as a result of study of media publications. The characteristic peculiarity of many of the calls, according to the Prosecutor General, is the abundance of lie. "Lie and slander became an inseparable part of the pre-election tricks used, often directed to discredit the law-enforcement bodies", Aghvan Hovsepyan stated, elections2008.am.



In the Name of Democracy youth alliance will hold an exit-poll during the presidential elections in Armenia on February 19. As the Deputy Chairman of the alliance Gevorg Melikyan told a news conference in Yerevan today, the exit-poll will be realized in 100 polling stations of the country by 150 members of the organization.



According to him, the alliance plans to poll 2300 people or 0.1% of the whole number of electors. Gevorg Melikyan stated that the small number of participants of the poll is conditioned by the absence of financial resource, since the alliance is not funded by any international organization or a political party.



The results of the exit-poll will be publicized in 1.5-2 hours after the conclusion of the elections.