The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) published its second interim report on Elections in Armenia. Overall positively assessing the campaign, some violations were cited, in particular, application of administrative resource, campaigning at educational institutions, and charity cases which are prohibited by law during election campaigns.
"While Article 18.6 of the Electoral Code prohibits campaigning and distribution of campaign material by pedagogical staff and in educational institutions, OSCE/ODIHR long-term observers (LTOs) reported a number of cases of teachers and students involved in the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) campaign. In Echmiadzin, Armavir province, on April 11students and teachers were released from school to attend an RPA rally. On April 14 in Arabkir (a district of Yerevan), teachers asked students to attend, after classes, an RPA rally with President Serzh Sargsyan. LTOs observed RPA majoritarian candidates (constituencies 19 and 21, Armavir province) campaigning in schools with students and teachers present," OSCE/ODIHR's (which carries out a long-term and short-term observation missions in Armenia) report reads.
Armenian News
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