In Spitak, Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the “My Step” bloc, addressed the criticisms directed at Sasun Mikayelyan, the candidate of the same bloc, in particular, the criticisms voiced by the candidates of the Republican Party, Armen Ashotyan and Shushan Petrosyan, during the campaign.

“Sasun Mikayelyan’s body has an “askolka” equal to your weight. The size of your weight. Who are you defending the Artsakh liberation war from? You, who for many years not only watched and led the looting of the army, but now you want to protect your right to loot the army with your nails. I will not allow you,” Pashinyan announced according to Aysor.

Then he continued his speech, addressing the figures from Artsakh. “I somehow don’t remember that those people, some people, also in Karabakh, made a statement when it turned out that Manvel Grigoryan stole a soldier’s bread and took it to his dogs and fed it to bears. Where were you, defenders of the freedom struggle, I know where you were, because some of you have similar warehouses in some places. We know the location of those warehouses, we have photos of those warehouses. We have revealed those warehouses and many things that we are not saying, because there is a national security issue and a state secret issue.”

According to Pashinyan, “some of the funds allocated to the Armenia All-Armenian Fund have been financed by their veteroks”.

“I somehow don’t remember that the defenders of the Artsakh liberation war said half a word about that Serzh Sargsyan 30 million dollars in a bank account in only one bank. No one asks: where did you get 30 million dollars from, if our soldier has no pants or T-shirt? Hey, looting crooks. I say: we will go after all those 30 million, 20 million, we will take them from your hands, get ready one by one. We will take the last stolen penny from your hands. I do not rule out that some will become homeless as a result of this process, because they were homeless, let them return to their original status. They are giving a speech. Republicans. I will refer to your speeches one by one,” Pashinyan announced.

The leader of the “My step” bloc read to the gathered people the poem “Uprising” by Silva Kaputikyan, written in 2004, which, according to him, was directed “against the republican Kocharyan regime”.

He also addressed the Republican village heads of the villages.

“Is there still a Republican village chief out there who thinks of scaring his villagers during elections or any other occasion? So, those village chiefs, know that I will personally come after you and throw you out of your offices by your necks.” Grabbing your necks,” Pashinyan declared.

Then he continued his speech, asking: “How, is there still a person in this country who dares to frighten a citizen?” We will make them all lie down on the asphalt, who are these people, what kind of republican, what kind of oligarch, what kind of fat man, what kind of muscle man, we will make you all lie down on the asphalt and you will not get up from those asphalts for years.

And now I say to the police, yes, don’t try to push anyone, don’t try to push a single criminal element, it will become a thief, it will become an authority, we will kill everyone with walls. You will put your heads on the wall, you will scare the citizen, say your names, you should not come out of the holes. Your place is in prisons, you will all end up in prisons. Whether you are a criminal, an authority figure or a thief, don’t mess with these elections, don’t try to coerce the people. Republican village heads, sit in your cabinets and work normally, don’t try to tell the citizen who to vote for. The citizen knows well who to vote for.”