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MASS MEDIA: MANY CLAIM THE POSITION OF THE SYUNIK GOVERNOR
ARMINFO
Tuesday, June 4, 12:11
A Yerevan-based Haykakan Zhamanak Daily writes the new Governor of
Syunik region will be current Head of the Public Relations Office of
the Armenian Defense Ministry, Major General Vardan Avetisyan. The
latter says however that there were no relevant talks. By some data,
Avetisyan is a cousin of President Serzh Sargsyan. Both them are from
the village of Tegh, Syunik region.
By some media reports, there are also other candidates for the given
position: Khachik Asryan, Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs,
and Republican MP Vahe Hakobyan, who is a son of Maksin Hakobyan,
the co-owner of the Zangezour Copper and Molybdenum Combine.
To recall, shootouts in front of Syunik Governor's house at
00:10am on June 2 killed former candidate for Goris mayor Avo
Budaghyan and wounded his brother Artak Budaghyan (who is in a grave
situationcurrently), a commander at a military unit in NKR. There
was another wounded, Nikolay Abrahamyan, a relative and bodyguard of
Governor S. Khachartyan. A criminal case has been initiated on the
basis of Article 103.1 (murder) and Article 235 (illegal use, storage
and bearing weapons) of the Criminal Code of Armenia. Syunik Governor
Suren Khachatryan's son, Tigran Khachatryan, has been arrested over
latest shootouts in Syunik. Earlier, the governor's bodyguard Zarzand
Nikoghosyan was arrested over the case.
Suren Khachatryan sent in his resignation overnight declaring that
everyone must answer for his mistakes. He regretted for failing to
prevent the tragic incident near his house.
ARMINFO
Tuesday, June 4, 12:11
A Yerevan-based Haykakan Zhamanak Daily writes the new Governor of
Syunik region will be current Head of the Public Relations Office of
the Armenian Defense Ministry, Major General Vardan Avetisyan. The
latter says however that there were no relevant talks. By some data,
Avetisyan is a cousin of President Serzh Sargsyan. Both them are from
the village of Tegh, Syunik region.
By some media reports, there are also other candidates for the given
position: Khachik Asryan, Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs,
and Republican MP Vahe Hakobyan, who is a son of Maksin Hakobyan,
the co-owner of the Zangezour Copper and Molybdenum Combine.
To recall, shootouts in front of Syunik Governor's house at
00:10am on June 2 killed former candidate for Goris mayor Avo
Budaghyan and wounded his brother Artak Budaghyan (who is in a grave
situationcurrently), a commander at a military unit in NKR. There
was another wounded, Nikolay Abrahamyan, a relative and bodyguard of
Governor S. Khachartyan. A criminal case has been initiated on the
basis of Article 103.1 (murder) and Article 235 (illegal use, storage
and bearing weapons) of the Criminal Code of Armenia. Syunik Governor
Suren Khachatryan's son, Tigran Khachatryan, has been arrested over
latest shootouts in Syunik. Earlier, the governor's bodyguard Zarzand
Nikoghosyan was arrested over the case.
Suren Khachatryan sent in his resignation overnight declaring that
everyone must answer for his mistakes. He regretted for failing to
prevent the tragic incident near his house.