Pre-electoral passions in Ararat region heated up to limit
ArmInfo. The pre-electoral passions in the Ararat region heated up to the limit. "Tsarukyan" Bloc states about the pressure on its activists.
As the "Tsarukyan" bloc's candidate Karine Poghosyan said during a discussion with ArmInfo correspondent, unhealthy atmosphere dominates in the region. According to her, representatives of the authorities terrorize and frighten the supporters of the "Tsarukyan" bloc and the candidate on the rating system Argam Abrahamyan (the son of former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan and Mayor of Artashat). In particular, as noted Poghosyan, the Police subjected the head of Abrahamyan's headquarters Garcevan Vardanyan without any explanation. Later he was released. She called the law enforcement agencies to pay attention to this.
At the same time, Poghosyan said that the lawlessness in Ararat did not end there. The governor of the region Aramais Grigorian fired the general director of Artashat medical center Vardan Hovhannisyan from his position because the latter refused to dismiss the head of the polyclinic Serine Airapetian. Previously, Grigoryan demanded from Hayrapetyan to resign, as she refused to campaign in favor of the Republican Party. "This is nothing more than a political persecution, and this picture dominates throughout the region, from schools to hospitals", she resumed.
To note, earlier, the Governer Grigoryan fired another officials who refused to agitate in favor of the Republican Party.
Recently, the clashes between the representatives of the RPA and the Tsarukyan bloc in the Ararat region reached the knifes. In particular, Murad Muradyan, one of the associates of the candidate from RPA deputies, stabbed an activist from the headquarters of Argam Abrahamyan, the injured was operated in the Yerevan medical center "Erebuni" and was discharged only today.
It is noteworthy that in the Ararat region, passions are raging not only between representatives of opposing political forces, but also between candidates from the Republican Party. So, even before the start of the election campaign, there was a fight between the supporters of the same Muradyan and the brother of the governor of the region, the owner of the "Avshar" company Araik Grigoryan. Recently, hand-to-hand fighting was unleashed between the driver of Araik Grigoryan and the staff of the pre-electoral headquarters of another candidate from the Republican Party of Armenia, former police chief Alik Sargsyan. By the way, it is he who is responsible for the elections in the Ararat region and heads the local party structure.