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 .