The General Prosecution Office has announced that it is running investigations on a total of 38 proceedings, whereas 50 others have yet to be verified as cases constituting an electoral crime. The accusatory body has stated that the cases pertain to incidents that have happened before and after the electoral process of April 25th.
“Based on reports of the prosecutions of the general jurisdiction over criminal offenses in the elections field, for the pre-electoral period until May 7th 2021, it has come to our knowledge that the prosecution offices have registered a criminal proceeding for 38 denouncements of criminal acts connected to the elections and there are 50 denouncements that are still being processed for verification,” states the notice from the General Prosecution Office.
At the moment, there are 10 individuals, who are being criminally prosecuted on the basis of various offenses connected to the elections, out of whom 5 have been caught in the act and are now under arrest; whereas the security measure “house-arrest” has been requested for 4 other individuals and the request has been approved for 3 of them.
“During this period, Prosecutions of General Jurisdiction have received a total of 125 denouncements for criminal offenses in the electoral spectrum, out of which: 82 were filed in the prosecution office by political subjects/candidates, citizens or public institutions; 20 were referred from the judicial police and 23 have come through reports transferred to us from SPAK,” writes the notice.
Criminal offenses in the electoral sphere that are under investigation by the General Prosecutor’s Office:
Article no. 325, Obstruction of electoral subjects
Article no. 326, Forgery of electoral materials and electoral results
Article no. 326/a, Intentionally damaging electoral materials
Article no. 327, Violating voting anonymity
Article no. 327/a, Voting more than once or without being identified
Article no. 328, Active corruption during the elections
Article no. 328/a, Use of public function for political or electoral activities
Article no. 328/b, Passive corruption during the elections
Article no. 329, Threatening or abuse towards participators in the elections
Article no. 330, Impeding voters
Article no. 330/a, Abandonment of duty by members of the electoral commissions
Article no. 331, Violating the right to vote
Article no. 331/a, Illegal procurement or use of identification documents
Article no. 332, Abuse of military authority
Article no. 332/a, Abuse of police authority
Article no. 248, Abuse of power concerning legal acts for the elections
