Tuesday, July 7 2020 13:08

ArmInfo.  The Prosperous Armenia  Party Political Council strongly condemns the authorities' attempts  to carry out political persecution and avenge the leader and PAP  members. This is stated in the statement of the party received in  ArmInfo.

The statement also notes that it all started with a speech by Gagik  Tsarukyan on June 5, 2020, in which the latter noted all the  omissions of the Armenian authorities. <In particular, Tsarukyan  noted the shameful socio-economic indicators, the situation of  sectors of the economy that are on the verge of collapse, a huge  increase in unemployment, a fiasco to combat the epidemic, and  unforgivable tension in relations with a strategic ally. After this  statement and the demands of the head of the PAP on the resignation  of the government against the party, political persecution began>,  the statement says.

Representatives of the PAP political council emphasize that, without  political counterarguments, the government crossed all the moral red  lines, and today it openly violates the human rights and the rights  of the deputy and citizen to the inviolability of his private life.

<Armenia, which is a member of the Council of Europe and numerous  European structures, rudely impedes the work of deputies and  politicians. The country's leadership is trying to silence PAP, and  as an act of retaliation publishes personal notes of party members,  which is a gross violation of international conventions. In the  history of independent Armenia, there have never been such "rules of  the game" - even in the most difficult political relations, personal  life, family, children were untouchable topics.

Instead of solving the important social problems facing the country  in these difficult times, the government used all its resources and  the industry, which spent huge government funds, to organize immoral  political revenge against the PAP leader and the deputies from this  party. We urge international and human rights organizations not to  leave unanswered this immoral campaign launched by the government  against deputies and politicians of Armenia, since the path chosen by  the government is the shortest path to dictatorship>, the statement  emphasizes.

In conclusion, the political council of the Prosperous Armenia party  calls on all political and social circles, civil and conscious  society to realize that this is not a matter of political views. This  is another question - the question of the dignity and privacy of a  person.

"Express your indignation and let us all reject the desperate  attempts to discredit people and families," the statement emphasizes.