Searches at ARF office in Gyumri and apartments of Armenia bloc  associates

ArmInfo. Searches are being conducted at the ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) office in Gyumri and the  apartments of "Armenia" bloc associates. This was reported on Facebook by Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a representative of the ARF Supreme Body and a member of the "Armenia" bloc.

The member of parliament expressed his conviction that this is a sign  of desperate measures by the current government ahead of the June 7  parliamentary elections. "A search is currently underway at the ARF  office in Gyumri and the apartments of our friends. The authorities'  actions, especially the illegal attempts to disrupt the normal  operations of opposition headquarters in recent days, are desperate  steps aimed at influencing the will of voters and the election  results. Therefore, we call on all our teammates to continue to carry  out their work unhindered, no matter what. And we ask our compatriots  not to retreat under any circumstances in the face of any threat and  to respond to all these lawless acts by participating in the  elections, refusing to allow a regime that refuses to respect the  will of the people," Saghatelyan wrote.  Earlier today, Kima  Avdalyan, press secretary of the Investigative Committee (IC) of  Armenia, reported that searches are being conducted at more than 50  addresses during the preliminary investigation of a criminal case  opened on charges of material interest by numerous individuals and  large-scale money laundering. As a reminder, on June 2, Armenia's  Anti-Corruption Committee conducted searches at the Armenia bloc's  election headquarters, specifically in Ashtarak, as well as at the  apartment of Ashot Simonyan, chairman of the Armenian Revolutionary  Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) supreme body. Saghatelyan  stated at the time that these actions were motivated by fear of  losing power.