
ArmInfo. The hysterical behavior of the authorities, who accuse their rivals of being agents, stage false terrorist scenarios, and attribute them to the opposition, pursues one goal: to justify illegal arrests and the use of force. This was written on his Facebook page by Tigran Abrahamyan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the opposition "I Have the Honor" faction.
According to him, in this situation, the authorities may even resort to canceling the elections. "If a certain scenario unfolds, under false pretenses of a 'terrorist threat,' they could cancel the elections or their results altogether. This monstrous process of terror against its own people is being sponsored by a number of Western actors whose goal is not democratic elections and the development of the Republic of Armenia, but the exploitation of our country for their own geopolitical ends," the NA member noted.
As a reminder, on May 18, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan showed footage of masked men speaking "with a Karabakh accent" and threatening to kill him. Pashinyan called them cowards and promised to "take off their masks himself." Several political forces in the country admitted to staging the video. The day before, the prime minister accused Samvel Karapetyan, the leader of the Strong Armenia party, of allegedly being an agent of the Russian FSB.
It should be noted that Armenia will hold its next parliamentary elections on June 7, in which 19 political forces - 17 parties and two blocs - have registered to participate.