EVICTION FROM HOTEL «EREBUNI»
Support A1+!Gohar Torosyan, resident of hotel «Erebuni», told the «A1+» correspondent today that she will commit suicide if they continue to treat her that way. She is 86 years old, from Gyumri, and lost her house in the 1988 earthquake.
A month after the earthquake Gohar Torosyan was given a 17-square meter room on the 5th floor of hotel «Erebuni». 18 years after that a citizen named Edik appeared and announced that the hotel belonged to his late uncle who used to live in Moscow, and after his sudden death he has taken charge of the hotel.
12-13 families of refugees have already received financial compensation and left their rooms. The only resident left is Mrs. Gohar. She has no running water and electricity, and the watchman of the building opens and closes the doors whenever he wishes. The old woman spends the majority of the day outside, under the sun.
We met those who introduced themselves as the owners of the hotel, but they did not wish to talk to us. They have offered 3900 USD to Gohar Torosyan which they represented as an act of charity. Mrs. Gohar turned down the offer and asked to give her a house of the same area as she refrains from buying a house herself.
According to her, she has no one to help her, and she lives with 18 000 AMD of old-age pension. The greatest offence for Mrs. Gohar is that she devoted her life to sports and trained professional basketball teams ignoring her private life. And now the country for which she did so many thinks is so indifferent towards her.
