Armenia`s authorities can easily criminalize political opponents`  activities - opposition MP

ArmInfo.  In the context of Azerbaijan's demands to amend the Constitution of Armenia, the Armenian authorities can easily criminalize the activities of  political opponents. This was written on his Facebook page by Tigran  Abrahamyan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of  Armenia from the opposition faction With Honor.

According to him, the Armenian authorities can enshrine in the  current legislation a provision that criticism of the government's  position is a "grave crime". "Moreover, the government can determine  that any step, word or action that contradicts its comfort gives the  state a legal basis for responding with violence. In the context of  building a dictatorship, the foundation is laid not only in the  political sphere, but also in general for the principle of "fights  without rules", where they have unlimited powers and the right to act  outside the law. Those who are beaten and subjected to violence have  only one way out: to suffer and sit in penal institutions," the  parliamentarian emphasized.

Active discussions continue in the public environment regarding the  beating of activist Artur Chakhoyan by the prefect of the Nor-Nork  district Tigran Ter-Margaryan, who is a member of the pro-government  Republic party, and his associates. It is curious that after the  incident, the board of the Republic party issued a statement in which  it noted that the above-mentioned incident was directed "against the  sovereignty and independence of the country." And the ruling Civil  Contract faction in Armenia blamed law enforcement agencies for this  beating. In short, everyone is to blame, but not the representative  of the authorities.