"Union of Confident Citizens" presented to EU delegation head to  Armenia, information on administrative recourses usage before  parliamentary elections  

ArmInfo.The head of Delegation of EU to Armeina, Piotr Switalski will meet with the Chairmen of "Union of Confident Citizens" Public Organization as well as the  coordinator of the programs Daniel Ioanesyan.

As the EU Delegation Press service told ArmInfo, the "Union of  Confident Citizens" presented information on administrative recourses  usage before the parliamentary elections, told about the publication  of private information of Daniel Ioanesyan and about the charge of 30  Directors and Teachers against him. In his turn, the ambassador  stressed the importance of respect for the right to privacy of  personal information, which is protected by the International  Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as in the European  Convention on Human Rights. Switalski also stressed the importance of  a quick, credible, effective and transparent investigation of all the  facts about alleged violations committed during the past  parliamentary elections.   

Several days before the elections, the "Union of Confident Citizens"  stated that Directors of 114 from 136 schools and kindergartens, in a  conversation with a figure introducing himself as employee in the HQ  of the Republican party of Armenia, confessed that they made lists of  voters and gave them to community or administrative offices or to the  HQ of the Party. The organization presented audio records of phone  conversations with the directors. After the scandal, 30 directors of  schools and kindergartens addressed the court with charges against  the organization and its representative Daniel Ioanesyan, demanding  apologies and to pay 2 million AMD to each as a compensation for  defaming their honor and dignity. The demand of payment totaling 60  million AMD and to apologies, Daniel Ioanesyan considers to be  planned by the RPA.