Some of school Directors to give explanations to CEC on agitating in favor of Republican Party

ArmInfo. Acting Minister of Science and Education, Deputy Minister Manuk Mkrtchyan today met with the directors of 12 schools, whose names are mentioned in the list of the Association of Informed Citizens.

During the meeting, he informed the directors about the fact that the  CEC opened a case on the publication of the Public Association of  Informed Citizens audio records, in which the school directors  agitated for the ruling Republican Party. Mkrtchyan informed the  directors that they will have to give explanations in this regard.  The deputy minister also urged school directors to take measures to  prevent possible involvement of educational institutions in political  processes.

To note, the "Association of informed citizens" published an audio  record with the conversation of 114 directors of kindergartens and  schools of the republic with the members of the organization who  called themselves by representatives of the RPA electoral  headquarters, learned that the employees and the management of  educational institutions are agitating for the ruling party, which is  prohibited by the Electoral Code.

Bloc Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian appealed to the Central Election  Commission with a demand to annul the registration of the Republican  Party in the parliamentary elections. The bloc "Armenian National  Congress - People's Party of Armenia" called on the CEC and law  enforcement bodies to react to the incident, and the Minister of  Education and Science Levon Mkrtchyan to resign. The Prosecutor  General's Office reported that this information is being specified.  The Ombudsman of the republic also expressed his concern about this,  also urging the CEC and law enforcement bodies to react to this fact.  And the Republican Party stated that the Electoral Code does not  prohibit employees of educational institutions from engaging in  agitation outside their working hours.