Notes from the Pink City
Alen Simonyan’s Social Media Spat Brings Up Questions About Decorum
Armenia's Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan probably didn't expect that an Instagram post would trigger such a ruckus. The photo in question centers on an unidentified blonde woman posing under a sign that reads, NOBU. The woman's identity remains a mystery, given that the shadow emitted by the sign's backlighting partially obscures her face, as the subject looks away from the camera. The post has garnered a lot of vitriol on social media, particularly among Armenians living in Californ
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How many diasporans go to Armenia each year To vacation and eat at high end restaurants and stay on northern ave? How many diasporans at vernisage trying to save a dollar so they can go home and have a five dollar latte?
Just because your people are suffering doesn’t mean you need to create suffering for yourself. The guy makes money and spends it as he wants. Let him enjoy his life. He deserves delicious food and luxurious experiences no less than we Glendale folk.
I support shining the spotlight on failings of any government or government officials from an ideal behaviour, therefore I appreciate this article.
Let me however relate what I heard first hand from a Lebanese friend who recently flew to Yerevan. He had recognized Mrs. Hakobyan (PM Pashinyan’s spouse) among the passengers waiting to board the plane, but, when he did not see her in the business-class cabin he wandered-off into the economy cabin after take-off and spotted her there. He then convinced the cabin crew that they should offer “Armenia’s PM’s wife” a free up-grade, which they did, but Mrs. Hakobyan totally refused the offer and remained in her economy seat.
To me, Mrs. Hakobyan has set the standard to be followed by Armenian Government officials, including Alen Simonyan. We should expect no less from this “Velvet” revolution.