“Hrant Bagratyan talks about the government, criticizes and stuff… today. Bro, you have destroyed this country, inflicted billions of dollars’ worth damage on this country, now you have stood up and say ‘Tigran Sargsyan does it wrong.’ Didn’t we tell you thousands of times and you didn’t do it. The Mazut Case…. Can you imagine? Today people come to power and say what Mazut Case, what are you talking about, what years of dark and cold, has it ever happened?” Arshak Sadoyan, the leader of the Union of National Democrats and a former MP, recalled the famous Mazut Case again talking about Hrant Bagratyan, an Armenian National Congress (ANC) MP, during a conversation with www.aravot.am.
Hrant Bagratyan clearly explained to the residents of regions during the ANC election campaign that if there had been such a case, he should have been arrested. And since he hasn’t been arrested, it is clear that no such thing has happened. In response to that observation of ours, Arshak Sadoyan said the following, “So that is how it is, huh? There hasn’t been such a case, huh? It is a different matter that before arresting there should have been a document. Look, for example, they say political… so let them arrest Vartan Oskanian. There is that case now, a million and a half, isn’t there? And Oskanian doesn’t deny it. Hrant Bagratyan doesn’t say that it hasn’t happened, does he? He says I don’t have anything to do with it. We say weren’t you the Prime Minister? You should have taken care of it.”
Talking about the parliamentary life and the activity shown by the ANC, its questions, Mr. Sadoyan observed, “Hrant Bagratyan, no matter how curly … [he used a swearword, which we don’t make public, H.J.] he is, he was the Prime Minister, he knows many things. When people with so much knowledge become a member of parliament, they refresh the work of the parliament. However, it doesn’t mean that from the perspective of political struggle, prospects etc., I wouldn’t say at least today that the people have respect for MPs as such, not from the perspective of money and that after the ANC members became MPs, the respect has increased. On the contrary, they are all the same. One should take serious steps, fundamental steps here. It is very strange for me that Taron Margaryan as the mayor has gained so much popularity within a short period of time. He had been working before that too, even flowers, decorating… and stuff. However, can the ANC, the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) or any other force offer a way?”
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We reminded that the ANC had proposed the 100-step program, he replied, “What effing 100 steps, I can offer 150. No problem with that. Guess he says I have a program of increasing pensions ten times. I say how can we give it, from where, he says somewhere, diminish the shadow economy. We ask how we can do that, he says it is your business, we don’t care. When the curly … [a swearword again, H.J.] was the Prime Minister, I made an offer to increase the minimum wage 10 times explaining that it will cost the government nothing, because it will lead to diminishing the shadow economy. I told Bagratyan what Bagratyan says today. Now he has copied and says on his own behalf.”
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
