Piotr Switalski: EU attention of agitation campaign in Armenia  unprecedented

ArmInfo.The head of the EU delegation in Armenia Piotr Switalski expressed his hope that pre-electoral violence will not continue. He said this in an  interview with journalists, commenting on the latest developments in  Djrarat.

In his opinion, due to the use of violence in the course of electoral  campaigning, the responsibility lies with the law enforcement  agencies. "As we know from the example of other countries, that if  violence does not follow the appropriate assessment, it can enlarge",  he said.

Switalski added that EU is following the reaction of law enforcement  agencies. "I hope that they will do their job at a high level,  because preventing further acts of violence is their immediate  responsibility, and we can only hope that there will be no more  violence during this campaign, despite very strong emotions", the  ambassador said.

The diplomat noted that he had not yet discussed these incidents at  the political level with the authorities of the country. "We have  left all to law enforcement institutions. The Special Electoral  Adviser maintains daily communications with the Police and other law  enforcement agencies", he said, commenting on Brussels' concerns  about detailed manifestations of violence.

"Never before has the European Union paid so much attention to the  agitation campaign in Armenia", he said. The diplomat believes that  the successful application of new electoral technologies will lead to  an improvement in the quality of electoral processes. "It's not  perfect, because all bad habits go away with difficulty", he resumed.

To note, on March 14 members of the Djrarat's structure of the ruling  Republican Party carried out an armed attack against supporters of  the Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian bloc, as a result of the incident, 3  people were taken to the hospital. According to the medical  examination, one of the injured received a gunshot wound to the leg  area, the second was injured in the back from a piercing-cutting  object, the third was diagnosed with a fracture of the arm.

Another incident in the village of Djrarat was registered on March  12. It occurred between the supporters of the ORO and the head of the  rural administration Lernik Yeranosyan.