WE WERE OFFERED BRIBES TOTALING HUNDREDS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS – HERITAGE
May 07, 2013 | 13:18
YEREVAN. – Armenian opposition figure, deputy chairman of Heritage
party Armen Martirosyan said he had not told anyone that he was
offered a bribe amounting to $100,000.
“I said they tried to offer us a bribe totaling hundreds thousands
of dollars but we refused,” Martirosyan told reporters on Tuesday.
The comments came after a video was spread where Martirosyan said he
had been offered a bribe.
During a news conference, opposition member refused to name those
offering bribe, hinting at the “power system.”
Asked whether he is aware of how the video was made public, Martirosyan
noted that he did not know that anyone was shooting a video in a
police car.
Armen Martirosyan appeared in police car after an incident on
Baghramyan Street on the day of inauguration of Serzh Sargsyan and
demonstrations launched by the opposition candidate Raffi Hovannisian.
From: Baghdasarian
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