Observers considered concerts featuring Pashinyan to be propaganda.

Concerts featuring Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's band should be considered campaign events, observers have stated. According to their data, instances of public sector workers being coerced into attending the performance in Gyumri have been recorded.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," 19 political forces, including those formed around current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, businessman Samvel Karapetyan, and former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, have submitted a full package of documents to participate in the parliamentary elections. The Republican Party of Armenia, also headed by former President Serzh Sargsyan, will ultimately not participate in the elections.

The concerts that took place on April 19 in Gyumri and those scheduled for April 25 in Yerevan should be considered campaign events for the ruling party, the Civil Contract Party. The Independent Observer coalition stated that the funding for these events should have been carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Law on Parties.

The organization sent an appeal to the Commission on the Prevention of Corruption demanding a legal assessment of the circumstances, Daniel Ioannisyan, a representative of the Union of Informed Citizens, wrote on his Facebook page*.

The music festival, which also featured a performance by the Varchaband group and featured Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, took place on April 19. The "Ochevidets" observation mission noted that employees of kindergartens run by the Akhuryan community were required to attend the event and arrange their own transportation. According to the mission, representatives of the ruling Civil Contract party also instructed the Akhuryan community school administrations to ensure the participation of teaching staff in the concert, News.Am reported on April 20.

The Independent Observer coalition's statement also asserted that alleged violations were also identified in the activities of the My Step Foundation. Specifically, this concerns programs implemented in recent months and their financial and administrative aspects. In this regard, the organization filed a lawsuit with the Administrative Court demanding that the head of the foundation's executive body, Anna Hakobyan, Pashinyan's common-law wife, be held administratively liable on 15 separate counts, Armenia Today reports.

The bloc believes that the April 23 Torchlight Procession is also an event of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun (the "Armenia" bloc), and its financing should comply with legal regulations governing parties, News.Am added.