Nikol Pashinyan to meet Vladimir Gasparyan to discuss cases of bribery in Hrazdan city
Armenian lawmaker Nikol Pashinyan who heads the pre-election headquarters of Sasun Mikaelyan, one of the mayoral candidates in the city of Hrazdan, says the campaign was on the whole positive despite the cases of bribery. Pashinyan says he is going to talk to the Chief of Armenian Police, Vladimir Gasparyan, in connection with the recorded cases of bribery and other forms of corruption. “There will be some appropriate occasion in the National Assembly or somewhere else,” the lawmaker said. “The incumbent mayor has little chances to be re-elected although he may use the administrative levers,” Nikol Pashinyan said. He says the amount of pre-election bribe is AMD 10 000, but he predicts that the stakes may rise, with election day nearing. The headquarters has also observed inaccuracies on voter lists. A total of 40 000 eligible voters are registered in the city whereas the real number of voters stands at 27 000. Sasun Mikaelyan did not participate in the press conference because he had gone to Artsakh. Pashinyan expects him to return tomorrow. Mayoral elections in Hrazdan are scheduled for April 17.
