Civil Contract: Several opposition figures and media  trying to  create hype around electoral process

ArmInfo.  Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party highly values the ongoing electoral process, as stated by Arayik Harutyunyan, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, at a press conference on June 7.

At the same time, according to him, certain representatives of the  opposition camp and the media are attempting to generate unnecessary  hype around the voting process. "Their goals are clear, but it's also  obvious that in most cases, reports of violations are not supported  by facts. However, in situations that do correspond to reality, both  we and the law enforcement agencies  respond, Specifically,  proceedings have been initiated regarding several violations of the  period of electoral silence as well as incidents during the voting  process itself," Harutyunyan noted. 

He dismissed claims that law enforcement agencies had only targeted  individuals giving and receiving election bribes immediately ahead of  the vote. As a rule, the preparation for this process takes place  before the elections, while the actual bribery occurs during the  voting period. In total, approximately 200 detentions have been made.

The Prime Minister's Chief of Staff assured that, according to  opinion poll data, the standing of the opposition forces in the  elections is unenviable. It is for this exact reason, he claimed,  that these forces will attempt to use disinformation to find  justifications for their defeat.

In his turn, Vahagn Aleksanyan, a member of the National Assembly  from the ruling faction, urged citizens who value their homeland  above money to put aside all their affairs and vote, to prevent a  situation where others sell their own homeland for 40,000 or 50,000  drams. He emphasized that the true owners of the country are these  honest citizens, rather than those who cast their ballots in exchange  for bribes.