A Mother Armenia board member advised the head of the Ministry of Justice to abandon double standards in protecting children`s rights.

ArmInfo. Mother Armenia party board member Aregnaz Manukyan, who is under house arrest, responded to Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan's emotional outburst during a briefing on November 12, noting that emotions should not be selective. The Justice Minister, in a conversation with journalists, became emotional and lamented the curses directed at her child following the death in custody of Arsen Gevorgyan, the Strong Armenia party's candidate for the post of head of the Stepanavan community.

"Emotions should not be selective. We live in a country of distorting mirrors." "The Minister of Justice is indignant when unacceptable statements are made about her child, but remains completely indifferent when the same unacceptable behavior affects the children of people who hold opposition views," Manukyan said in a statement published by the Mother Armenia party on its Facebook page.

In this regard, Manukyan wondered where the Minister of Justice was when National Security Service (NSS) officers and investigators twice broke into her apartment early in the morning, where her minor daughter was sleeping in the bedroom. "Where were you when, right before my child's eyes, I was first groundlessly taken to law enforcement agencies, and then, without any evidence, they 'stitched up' an indictment and detained me simply because I refused to cooperate with your filthy system and give false testimony against Mother Armenia party leader Andranik Tevanyan?" "Where were you when, for almost two months, my daughter was deprived of even the opportunity to talk to her mother on the phone from the correctional facility? She celebrated her 14th birthday while I was in custody. And only after widespread public outcry was she allowed to visit my place of detention for a few hours so her mother could congratulate her daughter on her birthday from behind bars," the opposition party board member recalled.

Furthermore, she recounted how Andranik Tevanyan, the leader of the party of the same name, was unable to attend his minor son's final phone call following his arrest. "Where were you when Tevanyan's children were forbidden from seeing their father or talking to him on the phone from the prison facility for months? And where were you, and where are you now, when numerous opposition figures are being subjected to illegal political persecution?" "What can you say to their children, grandchildren, and loved ones, to whom you are causing unbearable suffering?" Manukyan emphasized, adding that there should be no double standards in such matters.

She expressed her conviction that all of this is a consequence of the atmosphere of hatred fostered by the current government. However, as the party board member recalled, the current leadership once came to power under the slogans of love and tolerance. "It turns out they've been deceived once again. I repeat: hate speech is unacceptable—regardless of whether it's directed against an adult or a minor, an opposition politician or a government official. But it was you—your government—who created this atmosphere, with the direct encouragement of its de facto leader. And the key to eliminating it is also in your hands. Put an end to this hatred, this filthy atmosphere, your policy of dividing society. Otherwise, all this will not end well for anyone, and especially not for our country,” Manukyan concluded.