Artyusha Shahbazyan, the secretary of the ARF parliamentary group, was personally watching the Pluralism Parade at some point yesterday. www.aravot.am inquired from Mr. Shahbazyan whether the young people opposing the parade and singing ARF songs, an activist wearing a shirt with the ARF symbol and Mr. Shahbazyan confirmed the fact that the ARF was behind the explosion of the DIY Club, “Passing by, I stopped for a moment and took a look. I know the ARF youth, but I didn’t see them there. It is good that our people wear ARF shirts, but I didn’t even see such shirts.” As for the ARF songs sung
during the parade, Mr. Shahbazyan considered it as a good sign, “If our people start to sing, it will be good, they will get closer to the roots of the nation.”
In response to our question under what impression he had left the Pluralism Parade, Mr. Shahbazyan said, “It is very sad, important national issues often don’t cause such reaction as issues like this. What is the reason for that interest, is there excitement about that issue?”VOICE176
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Armen Aghayan, a representative of the Hayazn Union, argued during a conversation with us that the pretext of the Pluralism Parade had been the explosion of the club, but the reason was some people’s wish to earn money by propagandizing immorality.
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