Several young people operating the office denied giving vote bribes to local residents when Gabrielian went in and asked them for comment. They claimed that they are “paying wages.”
Gabrielian saw long lists of people placed on the office desk. The lists contained their passport numbers, addresses and signatures.
“You are hampering our work,” said one young man. “You’re not letting us pay people’s wages.” He claimed that the money is paid to HHK “campaign workers.”
The HHK activists then forced Gabrielian to leave the office. Some of them wrested his mobile phone, which was filming the conversation, and hit him in the process. Gabrielian suffered a minor injury to his face.
Another, female reporter was attacked by a group of angry women outside the HHK office in Kond when she started filming people visiting it.
The HHK was accused by its political opponents and some media of large-scale vote buying throughout the election campaign. It denied handing out vote bribes. An HHK deputy chairman, Armen Ashotian, praised the conduct of the elections on Sunday afternoon, saying that there have been no serious violations so far.
Another, female reporter for Araratnews.am was attacked by a group of angry women outside the RPA office in Kond when she started filming people visiting it.
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