On the day of the snap elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, world famous Armenian musician Serj Tankian today posted the following statement on his Facebook page at midday:
Alarms about electoral violations were endless throughout election day.
1 million 260 thousand and 840 citizens or 48.63% of 2 million 592 thousand and 479 eligible citizens of Armenia have participated in the early parliamentary elections of Armenia
“A special operation was carried out to arrest him, since there were suspicions that he is armed”, the spokesperson said, adding that Sargsyan will be kept detained until the court makes a decision to extradite him to Armenia.
Very proud of my brothers and sisters in Armenia who will be going to the polls to vote for a new parliament after having freed themselves of a corrosive, unjust, corrupt regime earlier this year.
Since early this morning, 168.am has been receiving alarms about electoral processes that are proscribed by the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia.
The Commission on TV and Radio of Armenia this year has considered 39 TV and radio companies which submitted application to cover the December 9 early parliamentary elections, acting chair of the Comm
Cultural figures of Armenia are actively participating in the December 9 early parliamentary elections. They say they expect positive changes.
The Investigative Committee has received just one report on the electoral violations recorded during today’s snap parliamentary elections, an official of the Investigative Committee Kamo Sahakyan said at the information center of the Central Electoral Commission.
First President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan (in office 1991-1998) has cast his vote in the early election of parliament.
