VAHAN HOVHANNISYAN TO HRAYR TOVMASYAN: TWELVE YEARS AGO YOU WERE A NORMAL GUY

06:52 PM | TODAY | POLITICS

Justice Minister Haryr Tovmasyan recently commented on the statement of
ARF lawmaker Vahan Hovhannisyan who had said that without the backing
of the president, the police, parliament speaker and prosecutor’s
office the ministers would not be elected to their posts.

“You will be beaten in the breezeways so badly that you will not
want to show up at the National Assembly. Moreover, you will want to
emigrate from Armenia,” Hovhannisyan had said.

Commenting on Hovhannisyan’s words, Justice Minister said he regretted
to hear an intellectual lawmaker speaking up from ‘the position
of strength.’

“Twelve years ago in the constituency I was nominated I scored as
many votes as he [Vahan Hovhannisyan] might not have scored in any
polling station,” said Tovmasyan.

“Twelve years ago you [Hrayr Tovmasyan] were not affiliated with the
Republican Party and you could have scored as many votes as you say…

You were a normal lawyer and participated in the vote without anyone’s
support. Then people would not beat you in the streets and breezeways.

Now let us see how you can get votes without the support of the
president and his apparatus,” Vahan Hovhannisyan said in conversation
with yerkir.am on June 10.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress