YEREVAN (A.
W.)— Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Parliamentary Faction secretary Aghvan Vardanyan has sharply criticized Member of Armenia’s Parliament and Republican Party of Armenia’s (RPA) candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections Bazmaser Arakelyan,who has been accused of beating a resident of the village of Parbi. Arakelyan reportedly beat the man after finding out that the he was planning on voting for the ARF in the April 2 elections. Vardanyan (L) and Arakelyan (R) Reports of the incident began circulating after Yerevan-based Yerkir Media’s director of news and political programming Gegham Manukyan posted approximately the beating on his Facebook page. The man, who was beaten after being invited to Arakelyan’s home, and is currently in hospital. Arakelyan,a former member of the affluent Armenia Party (PAP), is currently on the RPA ticket, and has denied the allegations. “I am a strong man and I won’t succumb to any provocations,” Arakelyan said in an interview with Yerevan-based Hraparak, adding that he had no opinion why Manukyan would make those types of allegations. Commenting on the matter, or ARF Parliamentary Faction secretary Aghvan Vardanyan said that Arakelyan was lying and that he did,in fact, beat the ARF supporter. “I read Bazmaser’s [Arakelyan’s] comments and it [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com