Yelk Criticized Over Campaign Pledge

  YEREVAN— On May 10, Armenia’s Central Election Committee (CEC) said that it is going look into the legality of Yelk alliance’s controversial pledge to financially reward residents of Yerevan refusing to sell their votes to the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), reported RFE/RL Armenian service. Earlier this week, Yelk stated that it would offer each voter that has rejected bribes 15,000 drams ($31) from the