Yerevan Mayor Avinyan Rules Out Dismissal of Woman Who Argued With Pashinyan

YEREVAN — Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan ruled out the possibility that a woman who publicly argued with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan would lose her job over the incident.

“It is out of the question that anyone would be fired because of their political views, especially in the case of a woman who lost her brother and may express her emotions in this way or another,” Avinyan told reporters.

At the same time, he added that this did not mean there would be no political response to the confrontation, but stressed that her employment was not under threat.

During a campaign event in Yerevan’s Arabkir district, the woman approached Pashinyan and accused him of destroying her homeland and sacrificing an entire young generation.

The atmosphere quickly became tense, and Pashinyan responded with harsh remarks directed at former leaders, including Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, and Gagik Tsarukyan.

The newspaper Hraparak later reported that the woman had worked for 20 years at Yerevan Polyclinic No. 16 and alleged that management had asked her to submit a resignation letter, which she reportedly refused.