In his Facebook page the leader of the Self-Determination Union Paruyr Hayrikyan has called "miserable" all those speculating on the Armenian Government's decision to give him almost $50,000 for medical treatment abroad.
Hayrikyan is already in Amsterdam. He has gone to a doctor and he told him that it was a miracle that he had survived.
"I know that some people flared up when they learned that the authorities are helping me to recover. None of them was by my side when I was suffering from pain, and now those miserable people have gone mad. Let them suffocate in their own poison and envy. I am already in the Netherlands. Now everything depends on how quickly I will recover. I wish all the best to all of us," Hayrikyan says in his Facebook message.
While being presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan was attacked by unknown people and shot in the shoulder on Jan 31 evening. Despite surgery and treatment the pain persisted, so, the Armenian authorities decided to provide 20.5mln AMD for his treatment abroad. Another presidential candidate Vardan Sedrakyan has been arrested on suspicion of being the organizer of the attack.