I Said Many Bad Things: Father of the Fallen Soldier Discusses Conversation with Pashinyan

According to Hraparak, an unpleasant incident occurred during Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's visit to Gyumri on February 17. Sedrak Harutyunyan, the father of 19-year-old Misha Harutyunyan, who lost his life during the war, reportedly broke through the police cordon and approached Pashinyan, expressing his discontent in strong terms.

It had been reported that the grieving father intended to harm Pashinyan but ultimately chose to firmly grip his arm and hurl bitter words at him.

In a conversation with us, Sedrak Harutyunyan confirmed that he did not intend to harm Pashinyan, but did not deny approaching him to convey his feelings: "Akhranan wanted to stop me, but I said, 'Don't come closer,' and he replied, 'Let him go.' Why would I harm him with a pen? What muscles do I have, that if I wanted to, I could crush a hundred kilos?"

Mr. Harutyunyan did not elaborate over the phone on what he said. "I said many bad things. If you are from them, and you justify those bastards, then don't come to my house. From the very first day, I supported him, but now it's clear that everything is based on lies. I lost my son, and now no one appears to me as a human, whether it be Nikol, Nikol's father, or Mirzoyan. Do not justify them," the father of the fallen soldier stated sternly.

His son, Misha Harutyunyan, served in the military in Armavir and was later transferred to Syunik, Khndzorésk, and during the war, to Artsakh. He died on October 15. He was the family's only son, alongside two daughters. "Anyone you ask in Shirak will tell you about my child. I could have released him, but I didn't. He was such a courageous and honorable boy that he went to serve," the father recounted.

During the war, when he called, he would speak just a couple of words, saying, 'I'm fine, grandpa, let me hang up; I’ll give the phone to the children to talk to the family.' He was a senior sergeant. The children were taken from Khndzorésk to who knows where; I don't know what games they played in their heads," he added.