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26 February 2003 - 14:19 AMT

3 CRIMINAL ACTIONS INSTITUTED ON COMPLAINTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA

101 complaints were received by the central electoral commission of Armenia concerning the presidential elections. 27 out of them were submitted on the very day of the vote February 19. As it was mentioned at the commission yesterday’s sitting, 72 complaints were lodged against proxies of Stepan Demirchian and the rest – against those of other candidates. Criminal actions are instituted on three of the complaints, the reminder is sent to the office of prosecutor general of the republic for the data to be checked. As stated by commission chairman Artak Sahradian referring to the office of the prosecutor general, most complaints and requests are not well-reasoned. The number of inexactitude in the electoral rolls, according to the protocol, makes 2536. Meanwhile, the commission declined the suggestion of commission member Zaven Pluzian (representative of «National Unification» party) on recognizing the elections void: 6 for, 1 against and 1 abstained. Pavel Yedigarian representing the National-Democratic Union did not participate in the vote.