make preferableYEREVAN. – Armenia’s opposition Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan reflected on the recent tragic incident that occurred in Goris city.
“[Ex-Governor] Suren Khachatryan of [Syunik Region] resorts to a variety of methods in an attempt to cover up this crime. From whom does he receive that backing? From [President] Serzh Sargsyan, of course. And why is Serzh Sargsyan backing him? Because the entire system in the country operates by way of such persons,” Postanjyan said.
In the MP’s words, since the Armenian people have not been persistent in punishing such persons, the people’s rights were violated in the country.
“We need to get rid of such people and the system starts to collapse on its own. We all shall stand up, [and] spread nationwide disobedience,” Zaruhi Postanjyan stated.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, shots were fired nearby Suren Khachatryan’s home in Goris city, on June 2 at around 12:10am, as a result of which one person was killed and two others sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to Goris hospital. The person who died was Avo Budaghyan, the former Goris mayoral candidate. The wounded are Budaghyan’s brother Artak, and Nikolay Abrahamyan, a relative and bodyguard of Khachatryan. Subsequently, the wounded were transferred to capital city Yerevan.
A criminal case is launched on charges of murder and illegal carrying, possession, and use of arms and ammunition, and the Military Prosecutor’s Office is conducting the investigation.
Two people are arrested in connection with this incident. One of them is the Syunik regional governor’s son, Tigran Khachatryan, 19, and the other is the governor’s bodyguard, Zarzand Nikoghosyan.
On June 6, and pursuant to his petition, Suren Khachatryan was relieved of his duties as Governor of Syunik Region.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
