ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HAYRIKYAN DELIBERATE STEP TO DESTABILIZE THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY
02:09 01.02.2013
President of the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan visited
Paruyr Hayrikyan at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Hospital. The
Speaker described the incident as “a deliberate step targeted at
destabilizing the situation in the country,” adding, however, that
the criminals and the political forces behind them will not succeed.
Speaking to reporters, Hovik Abrahamyan did not rule out that the
presidential elections could be postponed for two weeks as a result
of the incident. “Nothing is clear at this point. Everything will
depend on paruyr Hayrikyan’s health condition,” he said.
Armenian presidential candidate and leader of the National
Self-Determination Union Paruyr Hayrikyan was shot in central Yerevan
shortly before midnight Friday.