VERELQ presents the most notable publications of the Armenian press.
“People” the daily writes: “Serzh Sargsyan brother Sashik Sargsyananother criminal case was initiated against his son Narek for kidnapping and beating a 49-year-old man. The name of Narek’s bodyguard Artem Petrosyan is also being circulated in this and the previous criminal case. Narek is wanted, and Petrosyan recently arrived in Yerevan and surrendered to the law enforcement officers. However, in a conversation with “Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper, Petrosyan’s defense attorney Hovik Arsenyan insisted that he had nothing to do with the act of which he is accused. According to Arsenyan, Sargsyan and Petrosyan left for Moscow on June 22. “A few days later, Artem heard on television what was happening and what the law enforcement officers reported about him. All this listening, Artem Asatryan argues with Narek Sargsyan, saying what kind of story he got himself into. The latter argue, after which Artem leaves Narek Sargsyan.”
“People” the newspaper writes. “Yesterday, the Yerevan Council of Elders could not appoint a mayor from among its members. to choose, and in such a scenario, the most likely is of course the extraordinary elections. It is too early to talk about the dates, for now only the name of the PAP candidate seems to be outlined. the list of councilors can lead Naira Zohrabyan: In the case of “Yelk” alliance, everything is not so clear. First of all, it has not yet been decided how they will participate in the elections: the alliance with the same composition or the parties separately, especially when Pashinyan’s CP has the advantage now. At the same time, as the sources of “Zhoghovurd” daily claim, in the case of the “Civil Agreement” party, the situation is a bit complicated. they are considering three candidates at the moment: first deputy prime minister of RA Ararat Mirzoyan (his position is unconstitutional and they don’t want to leave him alone), the other candidate is a member of the National Assembly This is Alen Simonyan, who was considered their candidate for a long time, and of course Hayk Marutyan: Kargin Hayko, who recently joined the CP.”
“Fact” the daily writes. “As expected, yesterday’s session of the Yerevan Council of Elders did not take place, so a new mayor was not elected, as only 5 members of the Council of Elders were present. This means that the government must call early elections. According to the information we have, the government will not be in a hurry to terminate the powers of the Council of Elders and will use the maximum terms provided by the law. This also applies to the legislative terms for calling early elections: 30-40 days. Accordingly, most likely, the government will designate September 9 (Sunday) as the day of the extraordinary elections. In fact, first of all, this allows to leave as few days as possible for the campaign in the politically dead August, and to “throw” the hottest period of the campaign to the beginning of September, when the vacationers will have already returned, then it will not be so hot for the meetings. Theoretically, it is not excluded that the government will set an election day on any day other than a weekend, but for this it is necessary to declare that day as a non-working day, but it is unlikely that the executive will go to such an “extravagance”, because it would be incomprehensible to set an artificial non-working day, when one can easily fit into the deadlines set by law.”
“Hraparak” newspaperwrites: “There is a tense situation in the Ministry of Defense, the generals are upset about the large-scale inspections that have started in the army. “Everyone is seen as a criminal. The problem is not corruption or uncovering abuses, but making the military a universal target. A wanted general has been declared, one has been arrested, others have been brought in as witnesses, one enters politics and becomes corrupt, and these are people who, for better or worse, were involved with the army and the construction of the army. In other words, they all get the upper hand, but who is left behind? At least they shouldn’t have made shows about the army, they can do whatever they want in other areas,” says a senior official of the Ministry of Defense official”.
“Publication” the newspaper writes. “Manvel Grigoryan On his birthday, the NSS allowed his judge daughter and grandchildren (Arman’s children) to visit his grandfather. Their 11-year-old son, Vazgenik, was not allowed, and they did not say why. The children were told that they were going to the embassy, where the grandfather was. When leaving, the children said, “What a bad embassy, how does grandfather stay there?” Grigoryan was also visited by his doctor, Norbert Avetyan, who arrived from France. he went to the National Security Service in a suit and a bow tie (babochka). They told me at the National Health Service, maybe take out the babochka, the doctor said. “No, I always visit my patients like this, I can’t.” Then he visited the general with the doctor of the NSS. Avetyan wrote a conclusion and considered that his patient’s health condition is incompatible with imprisonment. According to our information, these days the leadership of the parliament (Babloyan said) is also going to visit Grigoryan, then maybe, as a doctor, they will ask to change the measure of his suspension. There is an offer to take him to “TseBe”, a hospital for convicts, but Manvel’s supporters do not want to, arguing that they can “harm” the general there. By the way, he visited Grigoryan a few days ago Vahram Baghdasaryan also visited the other general Vachik Ghazaryanto Serji Wacho. When asked how he was, he said: “Well, normal, how should it be?”
“time” the newspaper writes. “According to the information we received, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan– the call of the officials’ children to serve in the army, first of all, worried the members of Pashinyan’s team. This topic is of concern to the officials of the new government to the extent that many of them have not served in the army, and in the near future this fact may come to the surface. According to our reliable sources, the young people who got positions as a result of the Velvet Revolution are discussing this issue with each other, but not loudly, and they don’t dare to talk about it with Nikol Pashinyan.
“Realist” the newspaper writes. “They say that Nikol Pashinyan I really liked the presidential “dachan” in Sevan. on weekends, he tries to shake off the heavy burden of the revolution there (many people noticed his tan during the last “live”). At the same time, its activists assumed the function of “commissars” or “troikas” in the marzes. we are talking about CP members, who have started to apply revolutionary control mechanisms in places, replacing the state apparatus. The situation is particularly tense in Shirak, Lori and Ararat marzes, where the people of Nikolaev have started the process of collecting cases, establishing control over everyone and urging their acquaintances to “write what you know about”. And that’s when Pashinyan was announcing in Syunik region that the 37-year-old syndrome should be avoided when it comes to disclosures. Perhaps he was saying it for the ears of the outside world.”
“Publication” the newspaper writes: “The velvet revolution has reached the program “Agenda” of the Public Television Company. Whispering words of love and solidarity in the ears of the newspaper workers, the management started to get rid of them. Director of “Agenda”. From Artak Herikyanand after Harutyun Harutyunyan, head of political-analytical programs, it was the journalists’ turn. One editor was fired, 5-6 journalists were told to write an application. “There is no justification, they say it’s layoffs.” 3 assemblers also lost their jobs, even though the former staff was barely able to get the job done. They told us that they found a “civilized” way to get rid of the assemblers. “Reporters were given sheets to evaluate the work of the editors within 5 points. Whoever scored less points was eliminated. It turns out that the assembler was wronged not by the management, but by his colleague of a thousand years.” The fired employees are confident that the new management is making room for them for the team.”
“People” the daily writes: “Azerbaijani armed forces recently opened fire in the direction of Jil village on the border of Gegharkunik marz. Let’s note that if the cases of violations of the ceasefire regime are sometimes frequent in the border regions of Armenia, for example, in Tavush, the same cannot be said about the Gegharkunik region. the situation here is extremely calm. And now, after the shootings in Jil village, the governor of Gegharkunik, ARF member Prince Saghatelyan never visited the scene. In a conversation with “Zhoghovurd” daily, he explained his move by saying that a similar incident was registered a week ago, and that no matter how worrisome the incident is, there is no need to be afraid. “I did not visit the place of the incident because there was simply no need for it. This is not the first case. Our villages have always been subject to such shootings. This is an extraordinary case, not a special event. Our army is in control of the situation. There is no fear, there is no problem,” he said. Until then, let’s note that the last time there were cases of violation of the ceasefire regime on the border in Gegharkunik region was in 2014.”
“time” the newspaper writes. “According to “Zhamanak”, the village head of Aygeshat village of Armavir marz Rubik Hovsepyan a wave of protest against. they are going to close the intercommunal road here. According to “Zhamanak” sources, the residents of Aigeshat were angered by the fact that the village head, among other illegal actions, also named his relative as a driver and continues to pocket the money. The village head, taking advantage of the fact that he used to be a general deputy of the National Assembly Seyran Saroyanthe head of the security service turned to him, asking him to reprimand the youth of the village who came out against him, but Saroyan replied in his typical style. “If Kachal is a doer, he will do it to himself.”