ArmInfo. The government, which in 2018 celebrated, praised and encouraged some members of the peacekeeping brigade to take to the streets and join the political march, is now saying that such behavior will not be tolerated, Tigran Abrahamyan, of the opposition faction With Honor stated as he commented on the information that the Investigative Committee of Armenia initiated criminal proceedings on the fact that military personnel joined the protesters on the Kirants-Voskepar road.
"Against the backdrop of greetings and words of support from the military personnel, the Ministry of Defense informed the people that the military police are taking measures to identify persons in military uniform who joined the "political action."
The government, which in 2018 celebrated, praised and encouraged some soldiers of the peacekeeping brigade to take to the streets and join the political march, is now saying it is unacceptable.
And this is the case when in 2018 the struggle was for the seat, power and, as it turned out after a short time, the transfer of Artsakh and concessions of various territories to Armenia. And today people literally took to the streets to protect their families and homes.
Another circumstance: the servicemen who were seen in the footage yesterday were clearly not on duty at that moment; they warmly greeted people and left.
And in 2018, the military personnel who took to the streets did not just greet and leave, but actually participated in an anti-government protest march," Abrahamyan recalled on his Facebook page.
The Investigative Committee of Armenia initiated criminal proceedings on the grounds of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 2 of Art. 529 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia and clauses 1 and 2 of Part 2 of Art. 46-529 of the RA Criminal Code amid reports that about two dozen military personnel came to the Voskepar-Kirants road to express support for citizens trying to defend their right to live safely in their homes.