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Constitutional order violated in Armenia – Menua Soghomonyan

ARMINFO
Armenia –
Alexandr Avanesov

ArmInfo. The unlawful actions against Avetik Chalabyan are one more piece of evidence that the constitutional order is being violated in Armenia, Menua Soghomonyan,  founder of the Consolidation action group, told reporters on Monday. 

According to him, all the branches of power are usurped in Armenia.  First, the prosecutor's office and courts are executing political  orders. Secondly, the dominant parliamentary faction amended the Code  of Criminal Procedure only to keep Mr Chalabyan under arrest. Third,  Ara Chalabyan, Head of one of thee departments of the Central Bank of  Armenia (CBA) is being pressurized into leaving his job. Mr  Soghomonyan is confident that international community is only  encouraging such trends. Specifically, the head of the U Delegation  to Armenia stated recently that there are no political prisoners in  Armenia. 

"Such statements give the green light to new political persecutions,"  Mr Soghomonyan. The charges brought against Mr Chalabyan "do not hold  water" and the primary reason is that he is a political opponent of  the incumbent authorities and his political agenda is aimed at  preventing the disastrous consequences of Premier Nikol Pashinyan's  policy, Mr Soghomonyan said.   

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