Armenian News-NEWS.am has been receiving calls informing that considerable amount of subsidies are being allocated to a number of rural settlements in Tavush, Shirak, and Gegharkunik Provinces of Armenia in the run-up to the snap parliamentary elections on June 20—and without any explanation, and without setting a spending goal.

Moreover, the provincial governors do not even hide this fact in their conversations with the community and village heads. According to our provincial sources, these governors openly say that they are distributing money ahead of the aforesaid elections.

We have sent a request to the government to find out the accuracy of this information.