Deputy Chief of  RA Police: The order of the RA Prime Minister has no  force of law

ArmInfo."We carry out the functions assigned to us by the law," Deputy Chief of the RA Police Ara Fidanyan told reporters on December 24 after the meeting of the  Armenian government. Thus, he answered the question of whether the  police will obey the order if the prime minister says that he wants  to "see rivers of blood."

In this context, the Deputy Chief of the Police noted that the order  of the Prime Minister has no force of law. He added that no such order had been received from the prime minister during his service.

To remind, former director of the National Security Service Artur  Vanetsyan said earlier that during last year's events in Ijevan Nikol  Pashinyan told then Chief of the RA Police Valery Osipyan that he  wanted to "see rivers of blood" in Ijevan.  Fidanyan recalled that he  himself was not a participant in this conversation and whether there  was such an order or not, he offered to ask those who were present  there then.

Speaking about the resignations of high-ranking police officers, Ara  Fidanyan noted that many are quitting for personal reasons, refusing  to report these reasons. He added that the police is an apolitical  body.