Surik Khachatryan: "I pushed her head a little"
Governor of Syunik province Surik Khachatryan continues to deny the fact that he hit businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan.
During a telephone conversation with "A1+", Khachatryan ruled out the Special Investigative Service's statement that he had made a confession. "That is impossible. I said I had pushed her, not hit," the governor said.
We read the part of the SIS message in which it was stated that during a dispute between him and Silva Hambardzumyan at Armenia-Marriot Hotel on November 14, "the governor had hit (slapped) S. Hambardzumyan once, and the mentioned fact had been substantiated with evidence, including testimonies of eyewitnesses and the video recording of the incident."
""Well, that's their problem. They wrote it like that. What can I say?" the governor said.
"Do you still deny that you slapped her?" In response, the governor said: "I didn't slap her. I pushed her...You can see that in the video too. I pushed her head a little, but I didn't slap her. My hand didn't touch her face."
As for the fact stated in the message according to which Surik Khachatryan had repented for what he had done, the governor said:
"What does that mean? I repented for the phenomenon. It was unpleasant. It turned into a topic. How could it be pleasant?"
Surik Khachatryan told "A1+" that he still hadn't received the message from the SIS. "I will give a more concrete evaluation after I receive the message," he said.
We remind that the Special Investigative Service has quashed the case that was instigated on the basis of businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan's message since it was "unique and not too important". Surik Khachatryan's slap "wasn't an act prescribed in Article 118 of the RA Criminal Code, that is, attributes of a beating".
"In the theory of criminal law, "beating" is understood as numerous hits aimed at causing physical harm," as stated in the message of the Special Investigative Service.
