SAS Scandal: Armenia’s Prosecutor General to Examine Report of Employee Intimidation

YEREVAN (Armenian Weekly)””Armenia’s Prosecutor General announced on April 14 that it is examining a troubling report published by Yerevan-based news outlet Hayastan24 on April 13, which includes a 40-minute recording of what is believed to be a staff meeting held by businessman Artak Sargsyan’s senior aides in the days leading up to the April 2 Parliamentary Elections.

In the recording, an unknown man can be heard threatening to fire employees of Sargsyan’s SAS supermarket chain who fail to guarantee in writing that their friends and families will vote for Sargsyan””a Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) candidate.

“For example, Anush Adamyan has brought 14 votes, let’s applaud Anush Adamyan,”