Freedom of speech relates to all, with both spiritual servants and secular people having right to speak and express their opinion, head of Bright Armenia faction Edmon Marukyan said, commenting on the statement of Armenia’s Catholicos about necessity of changing Robert Kocharyan’s preventive measure.

“He expressed an opinion. Who must respect this opinion? The court or the prosecutor’s office. If they respect it, it’s all right, if not, it’s all right too. But to make such a big problem of it, start a campaign against the Catholicos and the Armenian church…I strictly condemn it. Finally we are going against our values our 2 thousand old church,” Marukyan said.

“Personally I do not share the opinion of the Catholicos, and if I speak about it, I will speak with respect,” he said, adding that our church is not the one to be attacked as it is being done right now.

“The disagreement with the Catholicos must not turn into disgusting campaign against the church,” he said.