RA premier promises to send opposition leaders to jail

ArmInfo.   Since opposition representatives are obvious participants in crimes, they will go to jail in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Armenia and as a person with a mandate from the people. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told journalists this on May 15 during the election  campaign in the Arabkir district of Yerevan.

According to the prime minister, he was referring to specific  individuals. However, as Pashinyan noted, this is not a physical  threat.

These physical threats are more directed at those who made specific  statements wearing masks today.  "We'll wipe them out. I'll find and  eliminate all those who threaten us with machine guns on their  shoulders, one by one. Law enforcement agencies will find them and  send them to penal institutions," the prime minister declared, adding  that similar cases had occurred in the past. Of the 23, Pashinyan  noted, only three remain, and their issue will be resolved by the end  of the year.

When asked by a journalist how this could happen if the ruling party  loses the elections, the prime minister noted that the people will  answer all questions. The journalist also asked whether it was  appropriate for an Armenian man to threaten a woman. Pashinyan  replied: "I wasn't threatening a woman; my threats were directed at  Robik (second President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan -  ed.). Yes, I am threatening him, and I will destroy him," the prime  minister said, adding that in any case, the woman should understand  that she is speaking to the prime minister. "And if she doesn't  realize she's speaking to a representative of the people, then I,  too, tell her masters that I threaten them and will destroy them. I  didn't spare my family for the sake of the people, and it wasn't I  who decided that my family wouldn't die. I've told you a hundred  times: the man in the trenches next to my son died, so it wasn't I  who decided that my son shouldn't have died. Today, all those who  threaten us are those who fled the battlefield; they are cowardly  scoundrels," the RA Prime Minister noted.

It's worth noting that the propaganda campaign hasn't been without  incidents and new scandalous statements. Specifically, the Prime  Minister posted on his phone a group of masked individuals with  machine guns slung over their shoulders making threats against the  authorities. "Look at these brats. They put on masks and pose as  heroes. These are the same heroes who, having shit themselves,  abandoned our soldiers. Brats, take off your masks and come out, you  big guys. I'll find you one by one, take off those masks, and shove  them up your ass. I'll force you to your knees. Take off your masks  and come voluntarily.  Look at these brats Rob, Tashir, Serzhik,  Gago. I'll bend you over in a bag," said an enraged Nikol Pashinyan.

In another episode involving a woman who voiced complaints against  the prime minister, Pashinyan again brought up the same opposition  leaders, threatening them with all kinds of punishment.