No judiciary in Armenia; just people who carry out Pashinyan`s orders - oppositionist
ArmInfo. A satanic practice is being used in Armenia, according to which the head of state, at a conference dedicated to the judicial system, speaks of improving the quality of the judicial system. And this is happening at a time when the very officials in the same conference are receiving direct instructions from Nikol Pashinyan to apply appropriate measures against certain individuals. Anna Mkrtchyan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the opposition "With Honor" faction, made this statement while speaking to reporters on January 12.
According to her, these are all the people who talk about justice who, at the prime minister's request and under threat of sanctions from the Supreme Judicial Council, carry out orders from above to arrest and detain people. As an example, the MP cited the unlawful, in her view, criminal prosecution of former Masis mayor David Hambardzumyan, whose trial is currently underway. Mkrtchyan mentioned that the year began with another case involving political prisoner Narek Samsonyan, who had gone on a hunger strike. All these and other fabricated cases, including those against clergy, are primarily aimed at the country's citizens, at sowing fear.
"It turns out, if we follow the Justice Minister's logic, that over the past five years, Armenia has seen an 'unprecedented' phenomenon, whereby the number of convicted persons exceeds those in pre-trial detention. Do you even understand the meaning of these words? This is simply disgraceful, because the number of people arrested in the country was disproportionate to the number of those detained," the MP stated, adding that the country lacks a judicial system; there are only people following orders. "Nikol Pashinyan knows no bounds. He's already claiming he's the government, tomorrow he'll say he's the Catholicos of All Armenians, and the day after, he'll go so far as to claim he's Jesus Christ," the opposition politician declared.