PROVOCATION IN ARTASHAT WAS ORGANIZED BY STATE STRUCTURES, IS SAID IN
STATEMENT OF CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS OF LEVON TER-PETROSIAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. During the February 6 meeting of the
RA presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian with voters in Artashat,
"a group of hooligans started throwing stones, pieces of ice and
concrete at meeting participants and in the direction of the platform,
on which there were the first Armenian president and representatives of
the forces supporting him". NT was informed by the central headquarters
of Levon Ter-Petrosian the Nikol Pashinian who was conducting the
meeting asked the policemen present to ensure the meeting’s security to
prevent this provocation and call these persons to order but policemen
did not take any actions. The governor of Ararat marz Alik Sargsian was
inactive too.
"Not calming down, the group of hooligans began throwing stones at the
car of L. Ter-Petrosian. Then 7-8 persons attacked Colonel of State
Security Service Sargis Hovhannisian – the deputy head of L.
Ter-Petrosian’s security service, who was at the car. He received
injuries to the head and was taken to hospital," is said in the
statement issued on the same day.
According to the statement authors, it became known that the
provocation had been organized by the National Assembly deputy Jonik
Abrahamian – brother of Hovik Abrahamian, and by the head of the
regional municipality’s social security unit, who is also the chairman
of the district electoral commission. The police were instructed not to
intervene, and this instruction was carried out.
"We state that no provocation instructed and organized by the criminal
authorities will unsettle us and stop our triumphant election campaign
that will end in our inevitable victory on February 19. What has
happened is the last scratches of the robber-state authorities which
are incapabale of conducting logical debates and are now in agony. We
state that after February 20 all instigators will appear in court and
will be held accountable under law," the statement reads.