YEREVAN. – If ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Ashot Aghababyan discloses some facts about the Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan, the latters’ family will refuse him, the RPA MP, Nagorno-Karabakh [Artsakh] liberation war participant Ashot Aghababyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. 

His comments came after Ghukasyan had claimed that it was he who helped Aghababyan to become an MP.

“He cannot have assisted me in becoming MP. He cannot even make himself a man, let alone make me an MP. On the contrary, he had hampered me during the election campaign. Besides, we have never been friends as I can make friendship only with those together with whom I have struggled in war,” Aghababyan said adding no need to personalize relations in the political field. 

If he speaks about the Gyumri Mayor, the latter’s family will refuse him, Aghababyan added. 

As the agency has informed earlier, Armenia's Gyumri City Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan earlier released a statement about ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Ashot Aghababyan's recent interviews.

"I am really pity that there are people like Aghababyan in the Armenian nation. He had no right to enter the Parliament, and in general to be politician or to owe the nation's property - the Hrazdan stadium. It was you, the former canteen server, who was kneeling at my doors with your family members and expressing gratitude for helping you to become an MP? You will not gain honor by keeping a beard, I will do everything so that people see your real face without a beard. People like you spoil the party, the Parliament and the image of Armenian," Ghukasyan's statement reads.

The agency has also reported that the Gyumri Mayor and head of the RPA regional section Vardan Ghukasyan has resigned from the party office remaining the mayor. At the same time the RPA will support the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) MP Samvel Balasanyan’s candidacy in the Mayoral elections in Gyumri city.