Levon Kocharyan: Armenian premier`s rhetoric to prove to be serious  tool in future for opposition to appeal to ECHR

ArmInfo. From a legal perspective, the rhetoric of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  will become a serious tool in the future for the opposition to appeal  to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Levon Kocharyan, a  member of the National Assembly of Armenia from the opposition  "Armenia" faction and son of second President Robert Kocharyan,  stated this in a conversation with journalists in the Armenian  parliament.

In particular, commenting on statements made by Pashinyan on August  25 from the parliamentary rostrum, the opposition leader acknowledged  that these statements do not fit the logic of a democratic state. "He  apparently believes that such rhetoric is well received by a certain  portion of his electorate. But he doesn't care at all that, from a  legal perspective, such rhetoric will be a serious tool in our hands  in the future, for example, in the European Court of Human Rights  (ECHR), to demonstrate that this is nothing more than political  persecution. He (Pashinyan - ed.) generally acts this way when he  needs to solve a problem. And it doesn't matter at all whether  Armenia loses more territory as a result, whether democracy in the  country suffers, whether relevant reports are published, or whether  the economy is at risk," Kocharyan emphasized.

Meanwhile, according to him, it is precisely because of the  government's policies that the Armenian people are facing numerous  problems. "Our entrepreneurs and villagers are facing numerous  problems due to their short-sighted policies. At the same time, the  authorities must understand that the subsidies they're talking about  so much now aren't coming from their own money, but from taxes paid  by citizens. These funds could be used elsewhere," the MP concluded.

As a reminder, at a parliamentary session on August 25, while  discussing the government's 2026-2031 program, Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan, responding to a member of parliament's assertion that  Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, governed the country  well, stated: "I'm not governing well because I don't have a hotel,  millions, or anything at all. But I have a mandate, legitimacy. I  said I'll bend, and I will bend, in the de jure sense of the word."

It's worth noting that this isn't the first such incident. In May  2026, the Armenian prime minister threatened his political opponents,  including Kocharyan, stating that he intended to "bring them to their  knees."