The criminal case on voting instead of another person initiated by the prosecutor of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan was received in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee.

On December 6, 2015 a publication and video entitled “Journalist of “Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper voted instead of another person; journalistic investigation” were inserted in “armlur.am” news site. According to prosecutor’s assessment there are features of apparent crime in the materials prepared on its base.

According to the decision on initiating a criminal case made by the prosecutor, the factual data obtained during preparation of materials on the mentioned case testify that the journalist voted in the polling station N 9/12 of administrative districts of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan.

In the prepared materials and the mentioned video “there are apparent features of supporting voting more than once or instead of another person through submitting false documents, telling false data or in another way” and a criminal case was initiated according to the Article 38-153 of RA Criminal Code.

The criminal case was sent to the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts for preliminary investigation.

Additional information on the results will be provided.

Thus, as of December 9 six criminal cases are investigated in the RA Investigative Committee on electoral breaches made on the day of voting in referendum on Constitutional reforms.