Aravot.am inquired of Galust Sahakyan, the leader of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group, with regard to RPA MP Mher Sedrakyan’s threats to break the jaw of a journalist for asking a question, whether such a phenomenon was acceptable for the RPA or not and what they were going to do besides statements about eliminating impunity. Galust Sahakyan replied: “You know what, I am not an investigative body. If it happened this way, it is a very bad thing. And what the president says I, we say that too. It doesn’t mean that after the congress, everything will be put in order. We, for one, are struggling. Well, you raised this issue, I will talk to him, I will tell him some things again; we should restrain. It is not like people should be slaughtered for every episode. One should rather take preventive measures.”
We cleared up whether they would restrain till the election, he replied: “I don’t discuss the incident, because what do you want me to do, do you want me to summon him and launch an investigation in that regard? If it is a fact, naturally, it is not acceptable for us. Well, you cannot compare today’s situation with the one that existed ten or five years ago. Today those are separate incidents, whereas several years ago they were everyday functions. So certain steps have been taken already.”
We inquired what awaited Mher Sedrakyan, if the video was uploaded on YouTube, he replied: “When I become the Attorney General or a detective nominated by you, I will check out the articles and say what will happen. I am the leader of a parliamentary group; from the political perspective, I will do everything within my powers. But I don’t think that I don’t know what happened, and our Mher [he means Mher Arshakyan, an A1+ journalist] complains, let him file a complaint to the Ethics Commission. Normal people don’t complain, normal people fight, and Mher is a fighter.”
As for what he would do or say to Mher Sedrakyan within his powers, in particular, Galust Sahakyan, in his own words, will first of all find out what happened, “I will find out from Mhers what happened. We had both Mher Senior and Mher Junior. Mher Junior should have stayed in a cave, until better days came, and then come out, now he has come out before time.”
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