The court released representatives of the opposition from Artik.

The opposition mayoral candidate of Armenian Artik and members of his team were released a few hours after being detained in a case regarding the promise of an electoral bribe.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the municipal elections on October 25 in Armenia are accompanied by the detention of opposition members. Thus, on October 21 in Stepanavan, security forces detained 14 people, including the candidate for the head of the community from "Strong Armenia" Arsen Gevorgyan, who was later arrested. By October 23, the number of detainees in the case of alleged voter bribery reached 24. Gevorgyan's defense rejected the accusations, stating that the money was intended for electoral expenses. The candidate for the head of the Artik community, Arthur Astoyan, and members of his team were detained a day before the municipal elections, reported the opposition party "Country for Life".

The opposition mayoral candidate of Armenian Artik was released a few hours after being detained. Along with Arthur Astoyan, two other members of the "Country for Life" party, detained this morning, were also released, writes Sputnik Armenia.

They were suspected of promising electoral bribes to voters, but the investigation found no evidence for this.

The anti-corruption court, chaired by Judge Sargsyan, rejected the petition for house arrest concerning the candidate for the Council of Elders of the Artik community, nominated under number 6 on the "Homeland" party list and accused of giving an electoral bribe, reported lawyer Arsen Babayan.

Today, the press spread information that a petition for the arrest of the candidate for the Council of Elders of Artik, Zepur Abgaryan, was submitted for a period of two months, writes Armenia Today.