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“VAZGEN HAD A NIGHTMARE ON 27 OCTOBER”

Politics

“I saw as if I was assassinated and you ran to save me with a weapon”, said the RA Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan waking up on 27 October 1999.

Gohar Kurazyan, administrator of Vazgen Sargsyan’s house did not pay attention to it that day. She was to remember the nightmare after the incident at the RA NA. The day started as usual.

“I would like to forget that day, but unfortunately I remember all the details,-said Mrs Gohar and began to tell the 27 October morning,- Hakob Hambardzumyan (Vazgen Sargsyan’s chief bodyguard) and I were drinking coffee in the morning. Hakob wanted to wake up the boss since it was 5 to 8 a.m. but I did not allow him”,- taking into consideration Vazgen Sargsyan’s daily hard work, Gohar did not allow Hakob to wake him up. However, Hakob woke up the Prime Minister as he usually did and when returned he told Gohar: “The boss was glad that woke him up, he said he had a nightmare as if he was assassinated and I ran to save him with a weapon”.

Hakob was running to save him, but he did not manage.

“Hakob was glad that he woke up the boss”, continued Mrs Gohar,- then Vazgen came down - fresh, in high spirits. He had a breakfast and left and as I usually did I said to him “God save you”. But God was unable to save him that day. I was seeing him for the last time”.

Gohar Kurazyan remembered that after returning from the US Vazgen was troubled somehow. “He was bothered when he became the Prime Minister. He hoped that he might change something in the country. But something bothered him when he returned from the States,- remembered Gohar. It was then that the press wrote as if a list was presented to Vazgen Sargsyan in the States mentioning the amount of money that came to Armenia during those years,- Maybe that was the reason”, she tried to predict the reasons that could disturb Vazgen Sargsyan.

“I called Hakob in the noon and asked if they would dine at home. Hakob said that the boss had dined with the President and they would not come home”. The day was unfavorable for Vazgen Sargsyan and that probably meant something. “I was out. When I returned I saw that the pipe of the central heating was damaged and the house was full of water. I am not prejudiced, but people connected it with menacing tragedy”,- remembered Mrs Gohar today. She heard about the skirmish at the NA from Toma, Karen Demirchyan’s daughter-in-law. “She called and said what I knew about it. Then I began to call the Government, I was not aware of anything until 8:30 p.m.. I did not believe that Vazgen was murdered, I do not believe even today and wait for him,- told Gohar in tears,- I ran to number 3 hospital, but no news. I returned home. Mrs Greta was phoning all the time and I did not know what to say. I hardly managed to find Hakob. I threw away the phone when he told me what had happened”, told Gohar Kurazyan saying that it was the saddest day of her life. She considers that 27 October was Vazgen Sargsyan’s last day on the earth, but the first day in the heaven. “Such people never die”, she said.