Tuesday, August 20 2019 15:03

ArmInfo. I discussed the issue related to General Manvel Grigoryan with the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. Former deputy defense minister, Former MP,  General Seyran Saroyan, announced this at a press conference on  August 20.

He noted that he did not want Grigoryan to die in prison. "Even if  Manvel Grigoryan is at home, he will not be able to escape from  there, due to health reasons. In turn, Pashinyan said that if  Grigoryan's condition really causes serious concern, he will try to  solve the problem in a different way," Saroyan said.

To the remark of journalists that General Mihran Poghosyan and former  Minister of Defense Mikayel Harutyunyan actually escaped from the  investigation, Saroyan stated that they did not run away. "They left  for Russia and didn't return, these are two different things," the  general said, stressing again that Manvel Grigoryan would in no way  attempt to escape from the investigation.

Saroyan also noted that he and Manvel Grigoryan were very lucky that  during the events of March 1, 2008, they did not leave the house for  a week, otherwise, according to the general; they would try to  attribute these crimes to them. 

He also noted that everyone saw a soldier from Artsakh in Yerevan.   As regards the guilt of Manvel Grigoryan, according to Saroyan, the  court should give answers to all questions. At the same time, the  general also transparently hinted that letters, cans of stewed meat,  ammunition, and everything else that was found in Grigoryan's house  are probably planted evidence. "I know that people rented Manvel  Grigoryan's warehouses, and now the court must establish how all  these attributes were in General Grigoryan's warehouse," Saroyan  emphasized.  

He also raised the question that Grigoryan kept in fear all the  inhabitants of Etchmiadzin.. "Everything was not quite right, just  Manvel made sure that people did not violate the rules of the road.  He was always for justice, that's all," he said.  

It should be noted that the former MP of the National Assembly,   former head of the "Yerkrapah" Union, General Manvel Grigoryan is  accused of illegal possession of weapons and ammunition, embezzlement  and misappropriation of other people's property on an especially  large scale. After the arrest, Grigoryan's health deteriorated  sharply, he was transferred to a civil hospital several times.