Armenian Rule of Law Party distributed bags of holiday goodies in the regions.

Food and other comestibles were distributed by the regional offices of the Armenian Rule of Law party (Orinats Yerkir) in the period leading up to New Year.

Those handing out the items told recipients that party head Artur Baghdasaryan was behind the largesse.

In Hrazdan, fruit juices were distributed, and in certain Armavir villages, juice, coffee and vodka were in the holiday bags.

A bag of the goodies was even brought to the home of one of the hetq.am reporters. A local villager told him that the vodka wasn’t of high quality but that he accepted the free booze nevertheless.

The recipients were told to hand over their passport details beforehand.

Many confess they now feel obliged to cast their vote for the Rule of Law in the upcoming parliamentary election.

Rule of Law party secretary Sousanna Abrahamyan admitted that gifts were handed out to party members and supporters but denied that passport details were taken.

As to why a bag of holiday goodies was brought to the reporter`s family’s house, where there are no Rule of Law supporters, Abrahamyan said it might have been an attempt to curry favour.

“I don’t think anything untoward happened there,” Abrahamyan noted.