Demand to Declare Actions of the RA Police Officials as Unlawful
05:53, March 25, 2013 | Press Release | Electoral Rights, Right to Fair Trial | Police
On March 14, 2013, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor lodged a claim to the RA Administrative Court with a demand to declare the actions taken by the RA Police officials during presidential elections on February 18, 2013 as unlawful.
On the voting day of RA presidential elections held on February 18, 2013, HCA Vanadzor conducted a long-term observation in 50 polling stations throughout Lori and Tavoush regions and visited about 20 additional election precincts through 16 itinerant observers.
The data recorded during the observation mission and collected through the alerts received from the citizens over 61 election violations were reported to the RA Police by the Organization every 4 hours.
The claims states that during presidential elections held on February 18, 2013, the RA Police officials were in charge of duties, which they didn’t carry out. This entailed a number of election violations during RA presidential elections which remained unrevealed due to the inactivity of the RA Police officials.