In the result of preparation of materials based on the calls on breaches recorded in different polling stations of precinct N 3 during referendum on Constitutional reforms held on December 6, 2015 received in the Investigative Division of Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative districts of the RA Investigative Committee, three more criminal cases were initiated on voting instead of another person in different polling stations.

Thus,

1.On December 6 a publication was inserted in the news site “hetq.am” informing that during referendum on Constitutional reforms a case of voting instead of another person was recorded in polling station N 03/12. During preparation of materials on the base of the call in the Investigative Division of Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative district citizen Roza Sargsyan submitted an explanation telling that she lived in old people’s home but she was registered in her  uncle’s house. On December 6 she went to polling station N 03/12 to take part in voting and found that somebody else had already voted instead of her. Besides, she found that somebody else had also voted instead of her brother, brother’s wife and their daughter who had been living abroad for about 4 years.

Considering that in the prepared materials there are apparent crime features envisaged by the Article 153 of RA Criminal Code a criminal case was initiated in the Investigative Division of Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative district according to the Article 153 of RA Criminal Code.

2. On December 6, 2015 a call was received in “Hot line” service of the RA Police informing that a case of voting instead of another person had been recorded in polling station N 03/24.

During preparation of materials in the Investigative Division of Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative district the voter of the same polling station Manvel Tadevosyan submitted an explanation informing that he had gone to polling station N 03/24 to take part in voting in referendum on Constitutional reforms held on December 6 where he found that somebody else had already voted instead of him, his sister and mother. He also noticed that somebody else had voted instead of his neighbors – father and daughter Aleqsanyans who had been living in Sweden for about 25 years.

Considering that in the prepared materials there are apparent features of crime envisaged by the Article 153 of RA Criminal Code, a criminal case was initiated in the Investigative Division of Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative district pursuant to the Article 153 of RA Criminal Code.

3. The publication inserted in the site “asparez.am” informing that a case of voting instead of another person had been recorded in polling station N 03/02 was received in the Investigative Division of Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative district.

During preparation of materials citizen Marietta Khachatryan submitted an explanation telling that on December 6 she went to polling station N 03.02 to take part in voting and found that somebody else had already voted instead of her and her daughter.

A criminal case was initiated pursuant to the Article 153 of RA Criminal Code.

Necessary investigatory and procedural measures are taken to provide comprehensive, objective and complete investigation of circumstances of the mentioned cases.

Thus, as of December 16, 19 criminal cases on breaches recorded during referendum on Constitutional reforms are investigated in the proceeding of different subdivisions of the RA Investigative Committee.