ANC: YEREVAN MAYOR MASTERMIND BEHIND CRIMES IN YEREVAN CENTER

news.am
Dec 28 2009
Armenia

The offices of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) are
working in favor of Ara Simonyan, a parliamentary candidate nominated
by the National Unity Party, the representatives of the Armenian
National Congress (ANC) Levon Zurabyan, Vladimir Karapetyan and David
Matevosyan, who is also head of Nikol Pashinyan’s election campaign
office, told a press conference on December 28.

According to them, Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan is the mastermind
behind the violations in the election campaign and the planned election
rigging on January 10. The ANC members are sure that it is the RPA
member Ruben Sandoyan who is the mastermind behind yesterday’s attack
on opposition members. Nikol Pahsinyan knew about the incident from
a radio broadcast. He addressed the young people and called on them
not to lose courage.

At 6:00 p.m., December 27, ANC activists were canvassing in Election
District #10. A group of people approached them and demanded that they
stop canvassing. The first group was joined by a second. They attacked
the ANC members and the ANC Central Office representative Vladimir
Karapetyan. Six of the ANC activists – Vahagn Gevorgyan, Sergey
Gasparyan, Tevos Matevosyan, Sahak Margaryan and Sargis Gevorgyan –
received bodily injuries. Vahagn Gevorgyan had an open head wound.

Policemen, who arrived at the scene only 40 minutes later, tired
to get information from the victims. But, being unable to speak and
write for long, they only filed a complaint.