Simonyan's Response to Publication About His Son's Godfather Being a Stakeholder in a $40 Million Complex

“When will these cheap manipulations, these empty materials come to an end?” stated the Chairman of the National Assembly, Alen Simonyan, responding to Hetq's publication that mentioned his son’s bankrupt godfather is a stakeholder in a $40 million complex.

“Here’s another BALLOON I present to you, where the name Alen Simonyan is emphasized nearly a dozen times. Naturally, there are no facts, no connections, no documents, not even any verbal references, no HETQ, just that one of the multiple owners is my child's godfather and a long-time friend of mine. When will these cheap manipulations, these empty materials come to an end? Such materials discredit investigative journalism; manipulation is happening without any facts, which does not fit the idea of investigation,” he wrote, adding, “P.S. Well, I am well aware of the narrow personal motives of the journalist, but hasn’t someone from the outside said what a balloon this is?”

It is worth recalling that earlier, we reported that Hetq discovered that the father-in-law of the Chairman of the National Assembly, Alen Simonyan, who is recognized as bankrupt by court decree, holds a stake in the construction of a multifunctional residential complex.