ArmInfo. Political speculations on ex-defense minister of Artsakh Samvel Babayan's arrest are inadmissible, because it is the affair of law-enforcement structures only, Spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov told reporters. He thinks the attempts to politicize any legal process are not the best way to enhance someone's rating.
To note, other political forcers still abstain from any comments on Babayan's arrest, except the Ohanyan- Raffi-Oskanian (ORO) bloc, whose coordinator is Samvel Babayan. The ORO bloc qualifies Babayan's arrest as political persecution.
To recall, Babayan was detained on March 22. According to the press office of the Armenian National Security Service, Babayan and two more citizens were detained on suspicion of smuggling Igla systems. According to the investigators, the persons who purchased and delivered the parts of Igla systems to Armenia acted in collusion with Samvel Babayan.
This is the second arrest of Babayan. Previously he was arrested on charge of assassination attempt on ex- president of Artsakh Arkady Ghukasyan.