Eknats": Free passenger transportation provided to Goris residents on the Yerevan-Goris route On October 24, the "Eknats" observation mission received a signal that starting October 23, free passenger transportation will be provided to Goris residents on line No. 607 Yerevan-Goris ahead of the local authority elections scheduled for October 25: On October 25, the mission received another signal and materials confirming the information provided. In particular, according to the information received, passengers are asked at the ticket office located at the Sasonzi David station if they are residents of Goris, and if the answer is positive, they are informed that there is no need to purchase a ticket for the trip. According to the letter, free transportation is accompanied by the provision of a campaign brochure with the image of Arush Arushanian, who is at the top of the electoral list of the Harmony Bloc participating in the elections, as well as the name and number of the bloc. The Acanthus observation mission considers the information received extremely alarming. If the presented circumstances are confirmed, then the implementation of free passenger transportation in combination with the distribution of campaign materials of a political force participating in the elections may contain signs of a violation of the prohibition on charity during elections. According to Part 6 of Article 19 of the Election Code of Armenia, during the election campaign before the elections, as well as on the day before the vote, and on the day of the vote, candidates and parties/groups participating in the elections, personally, on their behalf or in any other way, are prohibited from providing services to voters free of charge, on preferential terms, on the terms of AME Charity, conducting an advertising campaign before the elections.

Eknats": Free passenger transportation provided to Goris residents on the Yerevan-Goris route On October 24, the "Eknats" observation mission received a signal that starting October 23, free passenger transportation will be provided to Goris residents on line No. 607 Yerevan-Goris ahead of the local authority elections scheduled for October 25: On October 25, the mission received another signal and materials confirming the information provided. In particular, according to the information received, passengers are asked at the ticket office located at the Sasonzi David station if they are residents of Goris, and if the answer is positive, they are informed that there is no need to purchase a ticket for the trip. According to the letter, free transportation is accompanied by the provision of a campaign brochure with the image of Arush Arushanian, who is at the top of the electoral list of the Harmony Bloc participating in the elections, as well as the name and number of the bloc. The Acanthus observation mission considers the information received extremely alarming. If the presented circumstances are confirmed, then the implementation of free passenger transportation in combination with the distribution of campaign materials of a political force participating in the elections may contain signs of a violation of the prohibition on charity during elections. According to Part 6 of Article 19 of the Election Code of Armenia, during the election campaign before the elections, as well as on the day before the vote, and on the day of the vote, candidates and parties/groups participating in the elections, personally, on their behalf or in any other way, are prohibited from providing services to voters free of charge, on preferential terms, on the terms of AME Charity, conducting an advertising campaign before the elections.