He really was “Builder Karen”
"Ten years have passed and he would only be 77 years old today," said Rima Demirchyan, wife of the late Karen Demirchyan, as she stood by his tombstone today.
We did not bother Mrs. Rima with questions today at the Komitas Pantheon taking into consideration her sorrow and health condition. She only said that her sorrow remains even 10 years after her husband's death.
Karen Demirchyan's friends, relatives, representatives of the parliamentary and the opposition, as well as a number of citizens who did not even know Demirchyan came to the Komitas Pantheon to pay tribute to Karen Demirchyan on his 77th birthday.
"After the tragedy of October 27, I visit the pantheon two times a year-on Karen Demirchyan's birthday and day of his death. I can't stay at home on those days. Demirchyan's death was a severe loss for the people. He really could have changed a lot in this country and it is not by chance that he was called Builder Karen," said a visitor who preferred to stay unanimous.
"I am an average person who lived a joyous life when Karen Demirchyan was the primary state figure of Armenia."
More and more people were visiting the pantheon today and many of them had come to simply share the pain of the Demirchyan family.
Former president of the National Academy of Sciences and Demirchyan's friend Fadey Sargsyan was among the visitors as well. "Sometimes he was so busy that we didn't even find time to have a drink to celebrate his birthday," told "A1+" Fadey Sargsyan.
Government officials did not visit Karen Demirchyan's tombstone until the latter part of the day.
