In the result of examination of the reports on election breaches made on the day of voting in referendum on Constitutional reforms received in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee, on December 8 three criminal cases were initiated on voting instead of another person.

They are;

1. On December 6 a publication was inserted in the site of Transparency International Anticorruption Center informing that in the polling station N 10/15 while signing in the voter list the voter noticed that there were signatures before the names of his brother and brother’s wife, however the commission refused to record the breach.

During preparation of materials the data of the voters who were involved in the voter lists of the polling station N 10/15 and instead of which, according to the report, somebody else had voted, were found.

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

2 On December 6, 2015 a writ was received in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee from Prosecution Office of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts informing that the Deputy of the RA National Assembly Levon Zurabyan called the RA Prosecutor General’s Office and informed that another person had voted instead of a family in the polling station N 10/20. During preparation of materials in the investigative division the persons mentioned in the report were identified who were the voters of the polling station N 10/20 Lusine Aslanyan, Mariam Demirchyan and Anahit Harutyunyan; in the voter list there were signatures before the names of these persons, according to the report other persons had voted instead of them.

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

3. On December 6, 2015 in the news site “newsbook” there was a publication entitled “Breach in polling station N 10/14; a signature before elderly woman’s name” and appropriate measure were taken in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts to examine the circumstances mentioned in the publication.

The person mentioned in the article was identified; she was the voter of the polling station N 10/14 Zhenya Ghasaboghlyan. The latter attended the polling station and found that in the voter list there was a signature of another person before her name.

A criminal case was initiated according to the Article 153 of RA Criminal code.

In the framework of the mentioned three criminal cases necessary investigatory and procedural measures are taken to provide the comprehensive, objective and complete investigation, as well as to identify persons having committed the apparent crime.

Thus, as of December 8, 5 criminal cases were initiated in the RA Investigative Committee on breaches made on December 6, 2015.

Work is ongoing to examine the other reports received in the RA Investigative Committee.

Information on the results will be provided on a regular basis.