Voters throw soil at Armenian President - paper

April 28, 2012 - 10:48 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President, leader of the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan visited the town of Spitak on
April 27 for RPA election campaign.

According to Zhoghovurd paper, an unexpected incident took place
during the top visit.

Local residents threw soil towards Serzh Sargsyan yelling that have
housing problems which are never settled.

The President took the floor with a wry face pretending not to see
what happened around him.

Such attitude of the top official added fuel to the public
indignation; people started to shout loudly, paper reported.

Finally, Sargsyan had to face the people after his speech; Spitak
residents told the President they cannot get apartments for many years
already, following the devastating earthquake in Spitak in 1988 which
left them homeless.

Sargsyan blamed them saying people do not bother to address the
government for their issues, and if they lack time to file an
application, the state has little to do here, Zhoghovurd reports.