Wednesday, December 6 2023 19:10

ArmInfo. Under the current government, political figures are not killed at the entrances of  houses, unlike our predecessors, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in parliament on December 6, answering a question from opposition member of the Hayastan faction Levon Kocharyan.

"The current government, having failed to govern the country, having  suffered huge human and territorial losses, is constantly  "trumpeting" about democracy. Democracy is, of course, good and we  must strive for it. My question is, have you studied in what other  democratic countries that you are striving for, people are imprisoned  for writing on social networks, are they persecuted there for  dissent? " Kocharyan asked.  "We cannot monitor the statistics of all  countries, but we can compare them with the statistics of the  previous period. And we can, for example, say that politicians are  not killed at the entrances, people are not shot at, election results  are not falsified, they are not included in someone else's business,  land plots in Yerablur are not privatized," Pashinyan said.

At the same time, the government monitors international reports and  ratings, which for the fifth year in a row have been recording  Armenia's progress in the field of democracy. "Do we consider our  democracy to be flawless? No, we don't think so, but I have no doubt  that as a result of the ongoing reforms, we will come to our ideal of  an independent, fair judicial system," he said.

Kocharyan Jr. in response called for an answer to a specific question  and to stop remembering the events of past years, noting that "this  way you can reach Stalin's times." He recalled the fatal attack on  the pregnant Sona Mnatsakanyan by the Prime Minister's motorcade last  year. Not a single car in the motorcade even stopped. As for  statements about the establishment of an independent judicial system,  then, according to the opposition MP,  everyone is watching how  judges "print" sentences of a political opponent of the current  government.

The Prime Minister, in turn, recalled the tragic death of Poghos  Poghosyan, who was beaten to death by Robert Kocharyan's guards in  the "Poplavok" cafe. "It is my constitutional duty to answer  questions from parliamentarians. How satisfied you are with it is up  to you. And I give the answer that you may want to take note",  the  head of the RA Cabinet concluded.