“In 1996 many people have made electoral violations under his leadership (Levon Ter-Petrosyan) and order. But in case of arrest we will both be arrested because he taught us and we did,” said the head of the Erebuni community of Yerevan Mher Sedrakyan (Mher of Tokhmakh) when answering the question of a reporter of the panorama.am electronic media source about the statement, which the first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan made during the December 8 rally. According to the statement Sedrakyan is going to be jailed in three months because he has confessed that he has made electoral violations in 1996. “He should be jailed because I cannot sacrifice only myself. Yes, I would like to go to jail with him,” said Sedrakyan and added, “the violations were made by his order and I wouldn’t like to mention the number of violations. When the time comes, I will bring up details but we will go to prison together. Whatever I stated was truthful and I am not afraid of anything.” To the question whether he was sorry that he had falsified the 1996 elections for Ter-Petrosyan, Sedrakyan answered, “What kind of person was he to do that much for him? He got here from Syria, pretended that he is from Tokhmakh and convinced his friends of it. That doesn’t mean that he is a good guy. But in order to become president it’s not very necessary to study too much or have big brains. He didn’t have life experience and wasn’t man enough.”
