Don't Use My Father's Death Circumstances to Establish Yourself, Vazgen Eyghiazaryan

Vazgen Eyghiazaryan, the son of Mher Eyghiazaryan, wrote on his Facebook page:

“My dear friends, relatives, acquaintances, and strangers, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for being by my side during the most difficult time of my life and giving me strength. You share the sorrow and misfortune of my family, and know that without your support, I simply wouldn't have managed...”

“The last time I saw my father was on December 5 at the courthouse, when the decision was made to apply arrest as a preventive measure and transfer him to the ‘Nubarashen’ penitentiary institution. We met for a few minutes, and during that entire time, I pleaded with him to end the hunger strike (which was lasting 2 days at that time). I was confident that for a man who had gone through so many trials, this was another difficulty he could overcome, just as he always had, but...”

“I want to address a matter that I would find difficult to speak about if it hadn’t crossed moral boundaries.”

“Dear members of the National Assembly and not only (I will not name names; reading these lines, you will immediately understand that I am speaking about you), do you remember that I or my father’s close ones reached out to you, asking for a personal guarantee that would be more convincing for the court that M. Eyghiazaryan would not hide from the prosecuting authority and would appear at the first summons without obstructing the course of the investigation?”

“Perhaps realizing that the dark corners of the criminal case involving him were hiding a political subtext, you decided it was better to stay away from trouble. Yet today, you make public calls demanding that all indifferent and negligent individuals be held accountable.”

“Don’t use the circumstances of my father’s death to establish your own position or raise your rating. We have long seen the degree of your ‘concern’...”

“Dear Naira Zohrabyan, I want to thank you for your attitude (the discussion is not only about the guarantee), the issues you raised, and also for your willingness to help.”

“Know that my family’s respect for you will never fade, regardless of everything.”

“I also thank MP Sergey Bagratyan, who, having interacted with my father for just 15 minutes, understood that he was not the kind of person who should be isolated from society.”

“Nikol Pashinyan, how much your intervention was present in this criminal case will perhaps never be known. However, if you moved with the motto 'whatever happens, this man must be ‘dealt with’ boldly,' I wish for your wife and son to feel and endure all the experiences and torments that I, my mother, and my brother have gone through.”

“Remember, executors report not to you personally but to the position, to the chair. That chair is in your hands today, but tomorrow…”