Mr. Avinyan bought a "Mercedes" electric car for himself during his tenure as mayor. "only" for 32.97 million drams, i.e. 85 thousand dollars. during a live debate with the acting mayor of Yerevan, Tigran Avinyan, he mentioned the former mayor of Yerevan, Hayk Marutyan.
"Just a few days ago, Mr. Avinyan left for Los Angeles. He spent 7 million 650 drams for his business class ticket. I couldn't believe it. until I saw the document," said Marutyan, showing the relevant document.
"Residents of 43 buildings gave their property tax for this year so that Mr. Avinyan would fly to Los Angeles. Mr. Avinyan, before your official life, did you ever pay a ticket price of 20,000 dollars?" said Marutyan.
Tigran Avinyan responded. "I remembered that in 2019 you sold the mayor's car, and we all knew about it. When there is that part of personal PR, yes, you can always present how good I am. 2.5 years I went to work in my car, I drove it myself, I didn't talk about this to anyone.
We all knew that you sold that car, but we all didn't know that you kept hundreds of cars with annual maintenance of 400 thousand drams.
With this action, the municipality saves 20 million drams a year. When the municipality fought against the shadow in the transport system, it collected 32 million drams in 6 days."
