ArmInfo. At their joint meeting, the parliamentary factions With Honor and Armenia decided to nominate Edgar Ghazaryan for the post of Human Rights Defender of Armenia, Taguhi Tovmasyan, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, Parliament of Armenia, wrote in a Facebook post.
According to her, human rights activists are very concerned over the human rights situation in Armenia and over the authorities' wrong policy to remedy it. So they proposed the factions With Honor and Armenia nominate Edgar Ghazaryan to the post of Human Rights Defender.
"We highlight the importance of cooperation between the parliamentary opposition and public and professional action groups and encourage self-nomination of candidates and their willingness to deal with such important issues," Ms Tovmasyan said.
"As regards the political statements on Anahit Minasyan, they have not so far been legally formulated and the dominant faction has not so far nominated a single candidate to the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs," Ms Tovmasyan wrote.
Armenia's Human Rights Defender Kristinne Grigoryan resigned on January 23, 2023.