Prosecution launches criminal case on suspected vote buying case during general election

Armenpress 11:45, 18 December, 2018

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. The Yerevan prosecution has opened a criminal case into a suspected vote buying case during the December 9 general election.

The case concerns both giving and receiving electoral bribes.

The prosecution said it has gathered evidence to support the suspicion that one citizen has given bribes to a number of voters in order to cast ballots for a specific candidate. The prosecution did not mention the identity of the suspect or who the candidate was.

The case has been forwarded to the Special Investigative Service.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan



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