We are not dealing with natural course of legal processes, but with  controlled authoritarian mechanism - ex-official 

ArmInfo. What is happening is a sign of the death throes of an authoritarian regime, when the government no longer trusts its own foundations and begins to fear not only mass protests, but also individual steps, and even facial  expressions, thoughts. This assessment was made by the former  chairman of the State Revenue Committee David Ananyan.

<The arrests of Samvel Karapetyan, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan and  other of our compatriots, as well as the criminal case against  Archbishop Mikael Ajapakhyan clearly reveal the political motives of  what is happening. In this case, we are not dealing with the natural  course of legal processes, but with a controlled and deliberate  authoritarian mechanism. We are witnessing a systemic political  reprisal carried out by the hand of a usurper who has settled at the  helm of the state. It is not the crime that is suppressed, but the  protest. It is not the guilty that is persecuted, but the voice in  defense of values.

And yet, no matter how careful and systematic these actions may look,  the way they are implemented increasingly reveals growing panic with  each passing day. Decisions are not taken in cold blood, but hastily  - often disorganized, even contradictory. This is a sign of the death  throes of an authoritarian regime, when the authorities no longer  trust their own foundations and begin to fear not only mass protests,  but also an individual step, facial expression, thought.

In these conditions, every step taken by the authorities resembles an  attempt to put out a fire where the flame has not yet flared up. But  it is precisely by these actions that they are fanning the flames.

However, we must not lose sight of the whole picture of what is  happening: society is still in a phase of anger, which is still  flowing latently and has not yet broken out. Civil energy is  accumulating, and a powerful wave of social resistance, although not  yet fully formed, is inevitably approaching its breakthrough.

In this reality, our task is not only to analyze and record. We are  called to act. Each of us has <civic homework>: to rethink our role  in this process, to be sober and active, not to be afraid to unite  and not to hesitate, but to participate. Only through persistence,  integrity and unity can we resist this growing blockade. This is the  only way we can protect our country and statehood, restore dignity  and justice, and return the country's political life to the roots of  democracy and the system of values>, he wrote on the social network.

Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan and some of his associates were arrested  the other day on charges of terrorism and attempted coup d'etat, and  the day before it was reported that a criminal case had been opened  against Mikael Ajapakhyan. Today, masked security forces have already  raided his residence.