Armenian authorities preventing leasing of office space to opposition  forces ahead of parliamentary elections - Independent Observer

ArmInfo.  The Independent Observer mission has received several credible reports that opposition forces are having trouble renting office space in various regions of Armenia and Yerevan in the lead-up to the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7, 2026. Daniel Ioannisyan, head of the Union of Informed  Citizens public organization, reported this on his Facebook page.

He explained that, according to available information, in some  regions, local government and territorial administration leaders are  "collaborating" with commercial property owners. "And in some  communities, people associated with the ruling Civil Contract party  are simply paying the owners of these properties not to rent them to  the opposition. In other cases, property owners are simply afraid to  rent to opposition parties to avoid real or potential pressure,"  Ioannisyan said. In this regard, he called on the Armenian  authorities to refrain from measures restricting the activities of  competing forces, emphasizing that such actions could negatively  impact the principle of ensuring equal conditions of competition in  elections.