Will the referendum be postponed due to the coronavirus? Reporters asked My Step deputy Hrachya Hakobyan about this in parliament. He said, “It’s still too early to speak about postponing the referendum. We have a month until then and we don’t know how the virus will spread or go away. If it goes away and can be controlled, we won’t have to postpone the referendum. But if it gets worse, I think we can review the process of postponing the referendum.”
Aravot Daily spoke about the head of Prosperous Armenia, Gagik Tsarukyan, and his dissatisfaction with the way the authorities handled the coronavirus. Tsarukyan had said that, one month ago, the virus had spread all across the world. The government should have issued orders, but it seems that face masks and disinfectants are not available at pharmacies. Upon being asked if he accepts this criticism, Hrachya Hakobyan responded, “I don’t accept it because we did everything. As we can see, however, this terrible virus has spread everywhere, and it has now reached Armenia.” According to him, the reason why there are no face masks in pharmacies is due to the fact that people started to panic.
Aravot also spoke about Tsarukyan’s statement where he said, “This isn’t an economy, didn’t we know that people suspected of having the coronavirus need to be quarantined for 14 days? Why did we let those people return and spend time with their families?” Hrachya Hakobyan said, “We understand about both the economy and healthcare. Everything is under control. They are trying to spread rumors through panic.”
Hripsime Jebejyan
