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Yerevan councilman Henrik Hartenyan to step down

Panorama, Armenia
Jan 27 2020
Politics 15:38 27/01/2020 Armenia

Henrik Hartenyan, a member of the Yerevan City council representing the ruling My Step faction, will resign, another My Step councilman Armen Yeghiazaryan told reporters on Monday following an emergency meeting of the faction.

The announcement comes after Hartenyan posted a photo of Sara Tovmasyan, the alleged daughter of Constitutional Court Chairman Hrayr Tovmasyan, in a Facebook story, writing: "This is the Facebook account of  H. Tovmasyan's daughter. Folks, forward!" 

“Yesterday the faction issued a statement condemning the incident. During today’s discussion the faction members reaffirmed their position on the issue that it is not in line with our system of values and goes against our principles. Adhering to these principles, we asked Mr. Hartenyan to lay down his mandate. He agreed," he said.

When asked how he justified his move, Yeghiazaryan replied: “I think that is not so important now; the motives, the reasons and the explanations are not important. Let me not raise them, I think he himself can coffer comments. Eventually, the reasons were not the matter, but the phenomenon,” the councilmember said. 

In a statement on Sunday, the My Step faction said it “strongly condemns any manifestation of hate speech" and pomised to issue a statement after an emergency meeting on Monday.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS