YEREVAN. – The Police of Armenia are providing security at the residence of presidential contender, opposition Heritage Party Chairman, and former FM, Raffi Hovannisian. The candidate himself had petitioned to Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan with such request. 

“We inform that several reports were received, during [Monday’s] presidential election, with respect to cases of violence against the proxies of the presidential candidates and [against] journalists. Armenian Police immediately responded to and are inspecting them. 

Presidential candidate, Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian’s verbal petition to the Chief of Police, with respect to providing security at his place of residence, likewise was received and discussed at the Police, on [Tuesday,] February 19.  

With the Police Chief’s order on the same day, the relevant [Police] divisions were instructed to carry out, as of February 19, a round-the-clock security of the place of residence of the presidential candidate,” the respective Police statement reads in particular.           

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