Under Whose Mediation and During Whose Tenure Did Hayk Sargsyan Serve in the Army Under Special Conditions

Today, former prosecutor Raffi Aslanyan announced that Armenian National Assembly deputy Hayk Sargsyan was also effectively exempted from military service while Seyran Ohanyan was the Minister of Defense. "Many may not be aware, so I'll say it; Armenian National Assembly deputy Hayk Sargsyan was also effectively exempted from military service when Seyran Ohanyan was the Minister of Defense. Now, whom is he blaming, and with what face? I knew that populism has consumed these people, but it became clear today that as a result, they have also lost their memory. For now, I won't open parentheses; just stay smart, boys, don’t pretend to be heroes, I would even say—keep your heads down a bit," the former prosecutor wrote on his social media page.

ArmLur.am has obtained intriguing details regarding Hayk Sargsyan's service. Specifically, according to sources, Hayk Sargsyan served under quite favorable conditions in the Armenian army. He carried out his service in the administrative building of the military prosecutor's office at the Goris garrison, which is fundamentally unrelated to actual military service. Individuals with notable parents or good mediators usually serve in such units. Moreover, at night, the soldiers mainly went home, and in the morning, the garrison officials took them with them for service in the administrative building.

According to the information received by ArmLur.am, Hayk Sargsyan was mediated by Arthur Shatvoryan, who is currently the deputy head of the Food Safety Inspection Body. We attempted to confirm this information personally with Arthur Shatvoryan. In response, he stated, "During Hayk Sargsyan's period of service in the army, I was working and living in the Russian Federation and returned to Armenia after the 2018 revolution. I had no connection to the organization of Hayk Sargsyan's military service." Examining Shatvoryan's professional activities, he was the founding director of 'Boni Free' LLC from 2013 to 2017.

It should be added that Hayk Sargsyan's privileged service took place during the tenure of the RA military prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan.