Ready to forgive governor
"My policeman will defend me"-this will be businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan's slogan from now on. On November 14, Hambardzumyan had declared that governor of Syunik province Suren Khachatryan had attacked and beaten her at Armenia-Marriott Hotel. After the incident, Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan had provided Hambardzumyan with a bodyguard to protect her, and Silva will be paying him.
"There is an agreement and I will be paying the bodyguard 130,000 drams a month. I haven't mentioned any deadline until I see when the passions will stop flaring," Silva Hambardzumyan said.
Even though a criminal case has been instigated against Suren Khachatryan, the businesswoman said she is still ready to forgive the governor that beat her.
"I have never wanted to have an enemy. I think we should meet, he should apologize and we should shake hands," Silva said.
The relations between the Syunik governor and the businesswoman intensified in 2009. According to Silva, Suren Khachatryan stole equipment worth 102 million drams from her gold mine. Mrs. Hambardzumyan had appealed to the RA Prosecutor General, but the latter didn't proceed with the case.
After making an announcement about this, Mrs. Hambardzumyan was beaten, after which the second criminal case was instigated against Suren Khachatryan. Hambardzumyan had trouble predicting how the case would proceed, but she said the proceeding would show whether the two cases would be joined or whether they would be examined separately.
Mrs. Hambardzumyan also informed that Suren Khachatryan has not threatened Hambardzumyan after the incident that took place at Armenia-Marriott Hotel.
