HATSPANIAN TO BE EXILED?/VIDEO/
Support A1+!At the moment, participant of the Artsakh war, French Armenian Sarkis Hatspanian’s home is under blockade and it has stayed under blockade since last night. Sargis Hatspanian visited his family members for the first time since he went underground after the events of March 1, however the police surrounded his home 10 minutes later. “I think the only reason for that is because I supported Levon Ter-Petrosian,” Sargis Hatspanian told “A1+. Police surrounded the house and said that Sargis Hatspanian has an illegal status in Armenia and must be exiled.
A short while ago, as Hatspanian informed, NA deputies Armen Martirosian and Artsvik Minasian visited Hatspanian, who handed his ten-year residency and French passports to the police and Artsvik Minasian. The latter have gone to the police station to check the accuracy of the information. Police told Minasyan that the president had decreed the exile of Hatspanian on March 10, yet Hatspanian says that he is hearing that for the first time. Hatspanian has appealed to the Nagorno-Karabagh Foreign Minister, NA Deputy Chairman and asked for political asylum due to the fact that he has lived in Karabagh for four years.
“I am probably the only Armenian from the Diaspora who has responded to inaccuracies, falsified elections, pressures on citizens. I have held a hunger strike at Freedom Square after the presidential elections and have expressed my views from the podium at Freedom Square,” says Hatspanian. In the end, he said that he has never violated any law and always abides by the laws. “I have done a lot for my homeland and they probably take that for granted,” says Hatspanian.
