From February 7 to 18:00 on June 7, 425 reports regarding pre-election violations were received. This was announced by Tsovak Mnatsakanyan, Senior Prosecutor of the Department for Supervision over Legality of Pre-trial Investigation at the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Prosecutor General's Office, during a meeting of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).

Criminal proceedings have been initiated for 186 of these reports. Public criminal prosecutions have been launched against 300 citizens. Fourteen proceedings involving 42 citizens have been forwarded to the courts. Motions were submitted to the CEC regarding 13 parliamentary candidates to strip them of parliamentary immunity and place them in detention; 12 motions were granted, and one is pending review. Sixteen anonymous reports were received, three of them today.

Out of the total reports, 196 were forwarded to the Investigative Committee (IC). One of them was received today, based on which a criminal proceeding was initiated, and criminal prosecution began against three individuals—including one on charges of giving a bribe and two on charges of receiving a bribe. For 32 reports, proceedings were not initiated due to the absence of a crime. Eight reports were transferred to the Anti-Corruption Committee for verification.

One report was received from the National Security Service (NSS), which was also forwarded to the Anti-Corruption Committee. Criminal proceedings have been initiated for 100 reports, while verifications are ongoing for 61. Two reports were sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for verification.

Out of the 425 reports, 224 concerned the giving of bribes to voters, 193 involved receiving bribes, 6 related to mediation in bribery, 38 involved violations of the ban on charity during the campaign, 15 concerned obstructing the freedom of choice, and 9 related to material inducement for participating in rallies. Public criminal prosecution was initiated against 227 citizens, including 97 citizens charged with giving bribes, 109 with receiving bribes, 15 with violating the ban on charity during the campaign, and 6 with material inducement for participating in rallies or obstructing the freedom of choice. Arrest was applied as a restrictive measure for 44 individuals. Nine proceedings involving 33 individuals were sent to court.

A total of 229 reports were transferred to the IC, 129 of which were received today. Twenty-four were handed over to an investigator to decide on initiating criminal proceedings. Ninety-two are currently being verified. In three cases, the materials were dismissed without further action. Criminal proceedings were initiated for 10 reports: three of them concern repeat voting or voting in place of another person, two involve obstructing the exercise of electoral rights, and five relate to violating the secrecy of the ballot.

Thirty-one reports were handed over to an investigator to decide on initiating criminal proceedings. In one case, the investigator decided to refuse criminal proceedings, but a criminal proceeding was subsequently initiated by order of the prosecutor. For three reports, proceedings were not initiated. Another three were sent for verification. Verifications were conducted for 14 reports, 11 of which were dismissed without further action. Ninety-two reports are under verification, and proceedings are ongoing for 86 reports covering 104 separate incidents. Of these, 1 concerned physical abuse, 2 involved psychological pressure, 2 related to hooliganism, 11 involved violations of electoral rights, 32 concerned the right to participate in assemblies or material inducement to participate, 45 related to campaigning activities, 1 involved receiving a bribe, 1 involved giving a bribe, 1 related to money laundering, 3 concerned repeat voting or voting in place of another person, and 5 involved violations of the secrecy of the ballot. Public criminal prosecution has been initiated against 73 individuals, including 14 for obstructing campaigning, 1 for hooliganism, 3 for forcing participation in an assembly through blackmail, 2 for obstructing the exercise of the right to vote, 8 for material inducement to participate in an assembly, 44 for money laundering and obstructing assemblies, and 1 for giving a bribe.

Preventive measures were applied to 53 out of the 73 accused individuals, including arrest for 12 individuals and house arrest for 11. One person has been placed on the wanted list. Nine cases have been forwarded to the court.