Pretty low of @NikolPashinyan to use an old man as propaganda material like this on April 24th of all days. This appears to have been a coordinated media campaign.

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First he was "prevented" from going to the Tsitsernakaberd memorial. At least that is how Channel 5 covered it earlier in the day (and apparently Azatutyun covered this as well).

Chan 5 fell for this heads over heels.

See 38 mins in:

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Then miraculously he was found and at 3am on April 25 he was allowed to go up ceremoniously with professional cameras rolling and a choir singing. Imagery shared on govt soc media channels

https://www.facebook.com/1378368079150250/posts/2618702875116758/

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In the news coverage during April 24 he was complaining "what has this world come to".

The next day, in his destitute home, he is wearing a Nikol campaign flyer across his neck and thanking God for sending Nikol to save Armenia.



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Either this was all planned ahead by @NikolPashinyan's PR team or they jumped on the opportunity and staged a whole circus around this.

In either case it is unethical and pretty low to use a poor old man like this for PR purposes.

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