YEREVAN. – The medical service of the Armenian Department of Corrections diagnosed that ex-presidential candidate Vardan Sedrakyan has liver problems.

Sedrakyan’s attorney Aleksandr Sirunyan stated the above-said at a press conference on Wednesday.

“We did not expect [it], but the medical service diagnosed. We were thinking that they would say the papers we brought are a formality, but they examined and confirmed that he has a liver problem,” Sirunyan added. 

The attorney noted that the physicians visit Sedrakyan frequently and there is no need to transfer him to the Prison Hospital.     

To note, capital city Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash General Jurisdiction Court had sentenced ex-presidential candidate and epic poetry specialist Vardan Sedrakyan to fourteen years in prison. In addition, accomplices Samvel Harutyunyan and Khachatur Poghosyan were sentenced to twelve and fourteen years, respectively. 

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, opposition National Self-Determination Union Chairman, ex-presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan was wounded as a result of an assassination attempt that was staged against him on January 31 at around 11:20pm in downtown Yerevan, in front of his home, and during the campaign season for the presidential election that was held on February 18.

In the criminal case that was launched into this assassination attempt, ex-presidential candidate, non-party affiliate, and epic poetry specialist Vardan Sedrakyan was charged with ordering the attempted murder of a state, political, or a public figure. Also, Khachatur Poghosyan was charged with attempted murder of a state, political, or a public figure; and Samvel Harutyunyan was charged with orchestrating the attempted murder of a state, political, or a public figure.