Prosecutor General instructed to find out reliability of information  about beating of a candidate for deputy from PAP

ArmInfo. Prosecutor General of Armenia Artur Davtyan instructed the police to find out the reliability of information regarding the beating of the candidate for 

deputy from the "Prosperous Armenia" Party Vahan Karapetyan.

As the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office told ArmInfo, 

the police is preparing materials relating this incident.

To note, on the eve, at late night, supporters of the candidate for 

deputy from the Republican Party, head of the Department for State 

Property Management and son of the Speaker of the Parliament Galust 

Sahakyan Arman Sahakyan tried to settle scores with the candidate for 

deputy from the Tsarukyan bloc, the owner of the Cherry restaurant, 

Vahan Karapetyan.

In the statement of the Tsarukyan bloc, in particular, it read: 

"Apparently, Arman Sahakyan, realizing that neither the 

administrative resources nor the finances that he bribes the 

residents of Ajapnyak are able to provide him with victory in 

elections, decided to settle scores with Competitors, resorting to 

methods of fights, involving in this process the local criminals". 

Bloc Tsarukyan also stresses that he will not succumb to 

provocations. "But after April 2 comes April 3, and all the guilty 

will be held responsible. Such repressive methods are not able to 

break the spirit of the Tsarukyan bloc and its candidates, who are 

determined to win elections", the statement reads.

Arman Sahakyan assured that the fight took place on domestic grounds, 

and it is not worth looking for any subtexts in the incident. 

Sahakyan also said that Karapetyan provoked the incident. -