HATSPANIAN TO BE EXILED?
A1+
[04:11 pm] 09 October, 2008
At the moment, participant of the Artsakh war, French Armenian Sarkis
Hatspanian’s home is under blockade and it has stayed under blockaded
since last night. Sargis Hatspanian visited his family members for
the first time since he went underground after the events of March
1, however the police surrounded his home 10 minutes later. "I think
the only reason for that is because I supported Levon Ter-Petrosian,"
told "A1+ Sargis Hatspanian. Police surrounded the house and said that
Sargis Hatspanian has an illegal status in Armenia and must be exiled.
A short while ago, as Hatspanian informed, NA deputies Armen
Martirosian and Artsvik Minasian visited Hatspanian, who handed his
ten-year residency and French passports to the police and Artsvik
Minasian. The latter have gone to the police station to check the
accuracy of the information. Police told Minasyan that the president
had decreed the exile of Hatspanian on March 10, yet Hatspanian says
that he is hearing that for the first time. Hatspanian has appealed to
the Nagorno-Karabagh Foreign Minister, NA Deputy Chairman and asked
for political asylum due to the fact that he has lived in Karabagh
for four years.
"I am probably the only Armenian from the Diaspora who has responded to
inaccuracies, falsified elections, pressures on citizens. I have held
a hunger strike at Freedom Square after the presidential elections
and have expressed my views from the podium at Freedom Square," says
Hatspanian. In the end, he said that he has never violated any law
and always abides by the laws. "I have done a lot for my homeland
and they probably take that for granted," says Hatspanian.