RPA faction secretary about Serzh Sargsyan's "You came here ... For what?"

In connection with the 21th anniversary of the Armenian National Army senior officials visited "Yerablur" Pantheon to lay wreaths in memory of the victims of Karabakh war veterans.

After the delegation headed by President Serzh Sargsyan fulfilled its duty and decided to leave the Pantheon, a woman came up to him and asked him to listen to her.

First, the president's bodyguards tried to stop her, but she still managed to come near him. The woman told Sargsyan, she lived in very bad conditions. When she burst into tears, the president told her: "You came here, crying, spoiling our holiday ... For what?"

Expression of the incumbent President of Armenia, presidential candidate Serzh Sargsyan was the subject of heated discussions in Facebook. Faced the wave of protests, social network users even created a page called "You came here ... For what?"

Nine days have passed since that incident, but the heated discussions are still ongoing.

Lurer.com talked about it with RPA Secretary Hovhannes Sahakyan, who said he did not want to comment, but wpould turn to these conversations to avoid the impression that they say he avoids.

"If you take into consideration these words and expressions about Serzh Sargsyan, I can say that the reason is one; there are no other problems that hinder the campaign. Serzh Sargsyan's expression can be interpreted as a direct speech of a man who is in constant contact with the people.

I do not see any problems, but I will say that, facing no other obstacles, people are trying to focus on the terms. I am sure that if these words were not in the pre-election period, they would not have received such a loud publicity. As a citizen of Armenia, I can say that even in the event of such endeavors electoral process is at a high level," Sahakyan concluded.

Gayane Hambardzumyan

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