Parliamentary candidate Gohar Veziryan reports that AMD 10000 is now being offered to people for supporting Prosperous Armenia representative Lyova Khachatryan.
The bribe is distributed in a billiard room in Yerevan, Veziryan alarms on her official website.
“Gohar Veziryan called the Prosecutor’s Office hot line and told Koryun Piloyan that AMD 10000 is being offered in a billiard room in Erebuni street near Cadastre building for favoring parliamentary candidate Lyova Khachatryan nominated by Prosperous Armenia party,” website statement said.
Parliamentary elections feature 8 political parties, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenians party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).
To enter the parliament, Armenian National Congress (ANC) must overcome 7% threshold as a bloc, unlike the parties, which need 5% threshold level.
647 international and over 31 thous. local observers will monitor the parliamentary elections in Armenia. OSCE/ODIHR (258 observers), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (69), PACE (37), CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (22), as well as International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and SILBA international organization have deployed observer missions in Armenia.
The preliminary results will be published no later than 24 hours after the voting, with final results to be released on the seventh day starting the voting day.