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    Emil Lazarian
  • 4 years ago
    • Categories: 2020

Newspaper: Why Armenia authorities launch campaign against ombudsman?

News.am, Armenia
Dec 26 2020
 
 
08:22, 26.12.2020
 
 
YEREVAN. – Past daily of the Republic of Armenia writes: In recent times, certain government and "pro-government" circles have consistently targeted the RA Human Rights Defender [(HRD)], Arman Tatoyan, and are trying to discredit him.
 
Meanwhile, according to many, the very HRD is probably the only one of the [Armenian] constitutional institutions who acted fully, professionally during the whole [Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)] war (even before that) and in this post-war period.
 
However, this very circumstance angers [PM] Nikol Pashinyan, whose [political] teammates have launched a campaign against Tatoyan. By the way, this is nothing new. Back in May, we had written that according to the reliable information of the newspaper, the authorities are actively discussing the issue of changing also the HRD with "their own."
 
According to rumors circulating behind the scenes, after "resolving the crisis" in the CC [Constitutional Court], Pashinyan had wanted to pass to the HRD, but the circumstances were arranged differently. Now, it seems, the authorities' "appetite" has reopened in this regard.
 
 
 
 
Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS