Armenia`s officials react to song played back in Gyumri fountains 

ArmInfo.  RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan responded to the fountains' performance of the song 'Dolya Vorovskaya' ('The Thieves' Share') in Gyumri. RA Minister of Territorial Administration David Khudatyan decided to keep up with the 'trend' and also used foul language. 'The mood was picked up' by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan.

'A thief should be in prison, not fooling around with fountains,'  Pashinyan wrote.

'Gyumri city authorities received a fountain <out of thin air> and  now they don't know what to do with it. I wouldn't advise you to try  to turn on the fountain again with a song praising today's shame, the  criminal subculture. Armenia is a state, and the taste of the state  should be felt in your mouth every day,' wrote Khudatyan (earlier,  after Samvel Karapetyan's words of support for the Armenian Apostolic  Church, Pashinyan wrote on social media: 'This is not the village of  Nizhniy Tapir in Kaluga. This is the Republic of Armenia. I hope the  taste of the state will remain in your mouth' - Ed.).

The RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan also responded to the  incident, noting that the singing fountains of Gyumri were built at  the expense of state funds within the framework of the 'Development  of Tourism Infrastructure' program, becoming a key part of the Gyumri  tourism cluster.

'It seems that Vardanik (Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan - ed.) and his  entourage need to be reminded that they live in a state where  criminal behavior is punishable by law,' Papoyan wrote on his  Facebook page.

Meanwhile, the Gyumri mayor's office called the playback of the song  'Dolya Vorovskaya' from the fountains in the city center a technical  failure. 'The specialist was unable to control the music due to  technical problems in the system. As a result of the measures taken,  the problem was resolved and an explanation was received from the  person responsible for the operation of the facility. If necessary,  disciplinary measures will be taken against him. We apologize to the  residents of Gyumri for the inconvenience caused. The technical  malfunction has been eliminated, and the mayor's office assures that  control will be strengthened so that such incidents do not recur,'  the mayor's office said in a statement.