Leader of the opposition Bright Armenia faction took to Facebook on Saturday to denounce the Armenian government’s move to approve a bill that would cut the funding for the Ombudsman’s Office.

“Stay away from the ombudsman! Stop disgracing Armenia!” the MP wrote.

At today’s news conference, Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan called the bill “discriminatory” and “unconstitutional”, unveiling his plans to apply to the Constitutional Court if the draft law is passed by the parliament.