YEREVAN. – Hraparak daily of Armenia writes: Armenia’s delegation, which participated in the PACE session last week, had a private conversation with the whole staff with the [PACE] co-rapporteurs on Armenia who had issued a stern warning to the authorities regarding the Constitutional Court.
There were two topics on the agenda of the one-and-a-half-hour discussion: judicial reform, and the dissemination of hate speech. They have mainly spoken about the latter, urged our MPs that this atmosphere being rooted in Armenia is not leading to anywhere good, citing examples of other countries.
Particularly active was the head of the [Armenian] delegation Ruben Rubinyan, which has attracted the attention of the European partners, and they several times demonstratively gave the right to speak to the [Armenian political] opposition. Surprisingly, the opposition lawmakers have not even spoken a word about the situation surrounding the Constitutional Court and the apparent pressure by the legislative and executive authorities. Why not?
In fact, the opposition feared that if they utter a word, they will be spread on the asphalt, slammed into the walls, and their paws will be cut.