SDHK Chairwoman accuses Shirkhanyan of perfidy
Chairwoman of Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHK) Lyudmila Sargsyan says the SDHK congress put an end to variances inside the party.
"As for Vahan Shirkhanyan's team I must say we are not interested in the statements of outsiders. The team involves Vahan Shirkhanyan, Vardan Khachatryan and some 10 youths. I doubt that they will be able to set a party," Lyudmila Sargsyan told A1+.
The SDHK chairwoman says Shirkhanyan joined their party after the events of March 1, 2008.
"On March 2, 2008, he came up to me with a desire to fill our ranks. The suggestion was a real shock for me and my friends standing at the Statue of Miasnikyan on March 1. Many oppositionists avoided announcing themselves as radical opposition then. We closed our eyes to Shirkhanyan's background and admitted him to our ranks."
Lyudmila Sargsyan says she has been scolded many times for her decision.
"But I was an optimist and thought highly of Shirkhanyan. Now I know that he is the authorities' stooge and executes their orders. Shirkhanyan used to tell me that the Armenian National Congress had no future, was incapable of taking reasonable decisions and couldn't come to power. I think that the variances inside the SDHK were incited by Shrkhanyan.
Today the Party has 4500 members. I was elected SDHK chairwoman during the party's 7th congress in 2004. I have never been a technical worker as Shirkhanyan says. I am surprised at his outrageous lies. I file political accusations against Shirkhanyan and accuse him of perfidy. He had no right to defame me.
I really regret for the young people led astray by Shirkhanyan. I repeat that I am ready to their return if they want to. But so far none of them has contacted us. I think it is a matter of time," said the SDHK chairwoman.
In reply to Lyudmila Sargsyan's accusations, Vahan Shirkhanyan said later today: "If Lyuda considers army building a fault and says I must redeem it, she is right. But I think she had better think of her faults."
