The State is Provoking Conflict Among the Youth: Vardan Ghukasian

For the fourth time, my son has been taken, held, and released, as the facts do not correspond to reality. This was stated by the Mayor of Gyumri, Vardan Ghukasian, in a conversation with journalists, referring to the fact that his son has been embroiled in a criminal scandal since the previous administration.

“My son has fallen victim to the fact that his father does not cooperate with the state. Open all the cases, look at them; they have released him, stating that there are no facts, it is baseless. This is the same; they detained him for seven months before and were left empty-handed in the end. When they see the city is peaceful, the state intentionally stirs up conflict among the youth to expand their political activities,” said Ghukasian.

“Gyumri is so peaceful and quiet, and now someone appears claiming that crime has increased in Gyumri. Napoleon used to say, 'I fear two journalists more than a 100,000-strong army.' In other words, you can present whatever you want, portray white as black and black as white, so what shall we do? We have fallen into your hands like fire. Right now, since we are not suing you, it's not something I like to do,