Armenian National Congress: Serzh Sarsgyan started state terror on Feb 12

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's decision to amend the Constitution of Armenia and shift to the parliamentary system of government pursues one goal i.e. to remove the Constitutional ban on retention of de-facto power by the same person, the Armenian National Congress says in a statement.

"To achieve that goal, Serzh Sargsyan launched a state terror against the opposition on February 12. In particular: a) some political forces were banned to deal with politics, b) the law-enforcement and the taxation agencies were charged to settle accounts with a specific political party and its leader, c) the takeoff rally of the opposition was cancelled unlawfully, which failed all the following rallies," the ANC says. 

At the ANC they believe that Serzh Sargsyan has rejected the political methods of the problem settlement and grossly violated the Constitutional norms trying to stop the nation-wide democratic movement by means of a state terror. "To that end, on March 12, Sargsyan staged a performance entitled 'wide consolidation of political forces'," ANC says. The Congress calls the president's actions a political show and demonstrates its readiness to flight any encroachments upon the Constitution by all possible lawful methods.