
ArmInfo. Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, the leader of the Sacred Struggle protest movement, is calling for the release the full conversation, that was allegedly taken out of context and presented by the authorities as an attempted terrorist act and overthrow of state power.
Note that the fragment in question contains the following words: "You shoot two, put 15 more in jail - and that's it, they disappear. Compensation for the family - and they are happy."
"I insist that this edited, cut out part is a speech delivered in a different context," Bagrat Galstanyan, who is currently under arrest in the NSS pre-trial detention center, wrote in his appeal. He noted that on July 8, a group of hooligans attacked the respected and patriotic Armenian Artur Sargsyan in the National Assembly. "It could not have been otherwise, as for a year now they have been trying to shake the steadfastness of our struggle with the most vile slander and attacks. You will not succeed, and, moreover, you will be defeated. However, the reason for this letter is not the statements made in parliament, which violate the presumption of innocence, are full of lies and slander and for which each of them will be held accountable in court. The reason for my letter is the ill-fated phrase "shoot two people and jail 15", which is attributed to me as the crime plan of the century. I do not want to dispute the accuracy of the recording now, this will be clarified in another case. First of all, let me say how can a person without power put 15 people in prison, and within the logic of street fighting? This is simply ridiculous: I demand that the competent authorities release the full context of this conversation. I insist that this edited, cut-out part is a speech delivered in a different context. I once again demand that you publish the full text of this conversation, otherwise this and all other phrases will remain your responsibility as lies and slander. Prisoner of the Motherland Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan," the clergyman wrote.