Wasn't the district head beaten up?
The district head of Yerevan's Kanaker-Zeytun commune, Arayik Kotanjyan says he hasn't been beaten. On the other hand, he doesn't deny yesterday's variance between the Republican (HHK) and Prosperous Armenia (BHK) parties.
This contradicts earlier press reports that a crowd of Republican Party members, led by Kotanjyan's son, had attacked the BHK campaign headquarters in the district. They later came to blows and as a result the BHK members beat up the district head of Kanaker-Zeytun commune, Arayik Kotanjuyan.
According to Arayik Kotanjyan, the conflicting sides tried to find out why the other was constantly changing party affiliation.
"The main reason for the conflict was that. Then we departed. A short time later I received a telephone call from the BHK. They wanted to clarify something. They came, clarified and went away. I assure you no scuffle took place yesterday," Arayik Kotanjyan said to A1+.
To reveal the details, A1+ questioned the representatives of both parties. But they all avoided giving straightforward answers.
The Spokesmen for the Prosperous Armenia Party and Republican Party, Baghdasar Mheryan and Edward Sharmazanov, said they didn't possess any information and advised turning to the RoA Police.
According to the police, on May 12 Arayik Kotanjyan's son kicked up a row with some BHK members but they didn't come to blows, therefore there was no need for the police intervention.
"The HHK and BHK state that no attacks were committed on their pre-election headquarters. Arayik Kotanjyan wasn't bashed up. "
After A1+ said that photojournalist Gagik Shamshyan possesses photos from the scene, the police said they had nothing else to add.
