Vanadzor Mayor to apologize publicly

The Ethics Commission of senior Armenian officials confirmed the statement of the head of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office Artur Sakunts, which contains a requirement to oblige Vanadzor Mayor Samvel Darbinyan publicly, "clear and indisputable" apologize to persons whom he previously abused, and post the text of an apology on the official site of the city administration. The press service of the HCA Vanadzor Office reports.

The source recalls that member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), the mayor of Vanadzor Samvel Darbinyan on February 21, 2013 after presidential elections in Armenia issued a statement, which was published on «Hetq online» (hetq.am) website under the headline "This was not a defeat of our leader, it was a manifestation of the lack of consciousness of our people - Mayor of Vanadzor."

According to the information in his explanation to the senior officials of the Ethics Commission Samvel Darbinyan said that a journalist's question the word "irresponsibility" was inappropriately used not intending to offend anyone, much less the dignity of society. The article talked about why the Chairman of the Republican Party, who participated in the election of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan did not win in this city. "It was not the defeat of our leader, it was the irresponsibility of our people who do not understand what they were doing," the Mayor and after the phrase again repeated, saying that "people just do not understand what to do for a better life, all the time wish to start from scratch and constantly are starting from scratch, get to +1. "

Vanadzor Municipality has not issued a statement concerning the case.