Former Head of the State Revenue Committee: The Public Attack on Liparit Drmeyan Is Not Accidental

ArmInfo. Today's public attack on the former head of the Office of the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Issues, Liparit Drmeyan, is not accidental. This was written on his Facebook page by a member of the Wings of Unity party council and former chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee, David Ananyan.

"I know Liparit Drmeyan as a highly qualified specialist, a principled person, and a patriot for whom public service has never meant serving the personal will of any ruler. He served the Republic of Armenia, the law, and state interests. Today's public attack is not accidental. It is a consequence of Liparit's political activity and the arguments we presented to the Constitutional Court, exposing the financial, administrative, and repressive tools used by the 'Civil Contract' during the elections. In a state governed by the rule of law, there are first facts and evidence, then an investigation is conducted, and a court decision is made. In the system built by Pashinyan, the opposite is true: first, a public verdict is issued, then law enforcement officers are instructed to find 'grounds' for this verdict," noted the former head of the SRC.

He added that this is no longer an attack against one person. It is a message to all conscientious specialists in the state system: whoever serves may tomorrow, at the will of the head of government, be declared a "Trojan horse" and become a target for law enforcement agencies. "I agree with Liparit. The Republic of Armenia is not Nikol Pashinyan. The government is even less so. And we will make every effort to ensure that law and justice prevail," said David Ananyan.

It should be noted that today Nikol Pashinyan called on law enforcement agencies to check the activities of the former head of the Office of the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Issues, Liparit Drmeyan, including information about his accounts and property. At a briefing on Thursday, Pashinyan touched on the dispute around the company "Electric Networks of Armenia" and the decision of the international arbitration. "There were talks that the former owners of ENA won the arbitration. Then it turned out that they had their man in the government building. You talk about corruption—isn't this corruption? Has anyone investigated the activities of this person?" said the prime minister. Pashinyan addressed law enforcement agencies, noting that his words should be considered a report of a possible crime.