Acting Head of Berd Community was arrested for two months

ArmInfo.The Court of General Jurisdiction of First Instance of Tavush Region, chaired by  Judge Sasun Mkhitaryan, granted the petition of the body implementing  the proceedings to detain Samvel Hovsepyan, acting head of the  enlarged community of Berd, for a period of two months. It should be  noted that Hovsepyan won the elections to the local self-government  (second on the list of the council of elders of the "Strong  Community" bloc). 

Samvel Hovsepyan is accused of forcing people to agitate in his favor  in the local self-government elections that took place last weekend  in the Berd community. Hasmik Melikyan, secretary of the Berd  municipality administration, and Levon Arakelyan, head of the  administration of the Nerkin Karmiraghbyur community, were also  arrested earlier as part of the criminal proceedings. They are  charged with the same articles.

According to the Investigative Committee, all three candidates for  members of the Council of Elders threatened to terminate the  employment contract with the acting director of the kindergarten  Nerkin Karmiraghbyur, and a month before the elections forced him to  join the Strong Community bloc and campaign in his favor, thereby  forcing him to refuse from campaigning for the party of his choice.   The Defense of the abovementioned persons intends to appeal the  verdict in a higher court. It should be noted that on September 25,  elections to the local self-government were held in Armenia. The  "Strong Community" bloc, headed by Harutyun Manucharyan, who has been  in prison for 11 months now  won in the elections of the enlarged  community of Berd .