Armenia`s premier demands early election of Catholicos of All  Armenians 

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan demands holding early elections of the Catholicos of All Armenians. "Early elections must definitely take place. But early elections of the Catholicos of All Armenians," Pashinyan wrote today  on social media.

The separate status of the Armenian Church from the state is one of  the foundations of the constitutional order of the Republic of  Armenia. Earlier, NA Speaker Alen Simonyan did not rule out that the  relationship between the church and the state would be revised within  the framework of the upcoming constitutional reforms.

Pashinyan stated at a cabinet meeting on May 29 that all Armenian  churches are closed and require the introduction of appropriate  standards, since "the real owner of these objects, monuments is the  state." In the capital, they responded to him by pointing out his  lack of a currently "fashionable" education (Pashinyan and his wife  are conducting a campaign called "Education is fashionable" - ed.),  as well as "an internal crisis of correct public communication and  deep understanding of issues."

Early the next morning, the Prime Minister posted an obscene insult  to the highest hierarchs of the Armenian Apostolic Church on his  official Facebook page, along the lines of: "Your Holiness, keep  having sex with your uncle's wife, what do you care about me?" Then  he wondered how many bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church are  celibate, pointing out that many are concerned that he himself is not  officially married. The Prime Minister's wife, Anna Hakobyan, in  turn, called the clergy "the main pedophiles of the country."

At the end of the day, Pashinyan stated that the authorities of the  Republic of Armenia should have a "decisive vote" in the matter of  electing the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and  candidates for the post of Catholicos should undergo a background  check. He also stated that he has evidence of a violation of celibacy  by Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, which he will present in  court if necessary.

In this regard, he decided to create a special coordination group to  remove the Catholicos. The first 10 members of the Coordination  Group, who , will be chosen by the Prime Minister himself.