Makeyan expects the worst
Democratic Fatherland Party Leader Petros Makeyan will not be surprised if he appears in the dock and is imprisoned after being brutally beaten up during the recent parliamentary by-election in Yerevan.
"Nothing is excluded as I once was sent to jail for a year and a half on the basis of perjury," Mr. Makeyan told A1+.
Nikol Pashinyan's proxy today told the incident which took place near polling station 10/09 on January 10 during the election.
Petros Makeyan had gone to the polling station with his son Karen Makeyan after receiving an alarm from another Pashinyan's proxy.
"Just at the entrance my friend told me that he had been called out by a "huge"' man standing a few steps away from us. The man turned out to be hearing our conversation as he approached us followed by 25-30 people. They started searing and beating us. I covered my son and my friend with my hands but the assailants were uncontrollable as they were under the influence of drugs," told Makeyan.
Just at that moment a policeman caught my son from behind inflicting different injuries on him. In fact, the policeman was in panic. Perhaps he expected my son to beat him back so that he could sue my son under Article 316," said Makeyan.
Makeyan and his son were taken to Nor Nork hospital after the incident.
"We were badly treated in the hospital. They discharged us saying we weren't injured. But yesterday the forensic examination confirmed that my son had suffered a broken nose," tells Makeyan.
