ArmInfo. Participants in the protest movement "Tavush for the Motherland," at the call of its leader, Archbishop Bagrat Galastanyan, began to gather in front of the government building, where the Cabinet meeting was to be held.
By decision of the executive body, the government meeting was postponed to June 14, since discussions on the implementation of the 2023 state budget of the Republic of Armenia should continue on June 13 in the country's parliament. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan is expected to speak at the plenary session of the National Assembly.
In a conversation with reporters, Bagrat Galstanyan expressed sympathy for all those injured as a result of the incident on June 12, wishing a speedy recovery to all the wounded. He also expressed support for all those illegally detained and arrested. The Archbishop also expressed the hope that all trials that will take place these days will be fair and the state of insecurity of traffic participants will be refuted to some extent by the courts.
The Archbishop noted that the previous evening a message had been received that the time of the RA government meeting had changed. "We still don't know whether there will be a meeting or not. On the agenda of the executive body, out of 45 issues, 44 are not discussed and only one issue will be discussed, which demonstrates the "democratic appearance" of Armenia," the archbishop noted, adding that there is no government in the country, no power that would protect the interests of the people.
The leader of the movement especially noted that the special means used by the police against peaceful demonstrators the day before were not only flash-noise, but also fragmentation. All injuries received by citizens who took part in protests the day before were of a shrapnel nature. Galstanyan said that materials are currently being collected and must undergo examination in order to understand what kind of special equipment was used. "Yesterday it was said that these funds were produced in Turkey. I cannot confirm this now, I am simply relaying a conversation between one of the police officers and a journalist," the archbishop said.
He noted that yesterday's events showed that representatives of the current government are forming a totalitarian system of government in the country, which must be resisted by all available means. Galstanyan noted that late at night visits were made to the victims in hospitals. In this regard, the leader of the movement called the authorities' claims about the presence of 17 injured police officers a lie. "Only one of them had a cut on his face, and even then it is not yet known for what reasons," the archbishop said.