Some 68 per cent of voters to participate in presidential election

PanARMENIAN.Net - Some 68 per cent of voters will participate in the February 19 presidential election, said Aharon Adibekyan, director of Sociometer center.



The Armenian General Prosecutor's Office made a statement, in which it reminded on criminal liability for violations of the electoral legislation.



The General Prosecutor's Office stressed that the following violations are considered criminal offence: making obstacles on the way of realization of the electoral right and work of the electoral commissions; falsification of elections, or the results of voting; spreading slanderous information about candidates or parties; infringement of the order of electors' lists composition, their publication or provision of those lists to citizens or parties; double-voting, or voting instead of another person; preparation and distribution of spurious ballots; making obstacles on the way of free will of the citizens; non-return of the seal of the electoral commission, violation of the established order of seal guarding; entry to the polling station with weapon; non-provision of protocol copies of the electoral commissions, making obstacles on the way of examination of the electoral documents by the proxies, members of electoral commissions, observers or media representatives.



General Prosecutor's Office urged Armenian citizens to turn to the law-enforcement bodies in case of revelation of such violations, Armenian media reports.