YEREVAN. – The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and the Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP) as well as the non-governmental Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) committed several violations during the campaigning for the forthcoming capital city Yerevan Council election. Former FM Raffi Hovannisian’s opposition Heritage Party-led “Barev [Hello], Yerevan” bloc member Daniel Ionesyan stated this during a press conference on Tuesday. 

In his words, Armenia’s regional governors are gathering the passport data of those living in the regions but are registered in Yerevan, to secure votes in RPA’s favor. Also, RLP and PAP are posting other stuff on the signboards that are intended for election signs. He added that RPA and PAP are sometimes posting signs in areas where the law does not permit. 

In Ionesyan’s words, the“Barev, Yerevan” bloc activists were obstructed from distributing pamphlets in some Yerevan administrative regions.    

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