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The Anti-Corruption Committee has announced that it will carry out major investigative actions to neutralize possible vote-buying schemes.
The law enforcement agency said in a press release that on Saturday, as well as on election day, June 7, it would be engaged in “large-scale” operational measures to uncover and neutralize individuals involved in alleged vote-buying schemes.
“Acting on extensive operational and intelligence information received in recent months, as well as reports from citizens, the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia will, today and tomorrow, conduct large-scale operational and investigative measures across the entire territory of the Republic, using all legally available tools and modern technical equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles. These measures are aimed exclusively at identifying and dismantling criminal schemes involving vote-buying,” the Anti-Corruption Committee said.
It added that lists discovered during raids and investigations into vote-buying allegedly contained the personal data of “thousands” of citizens.
“Given the existence of hundreds of operational reports regarding individuals involved in giving and receiving electoral bribes, as well as lists containing the personal data of thousands of citizens discovered during searches, the Committee calls for vigilance and urges the public to acknowledge the inevitability of accountability and to decisively reject the vicious practice of vote-buying.”