Armenia`s minister of health announces collective claim against  clergyman 

ArmInfo. Armenian Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan has come forward with an initiative to file a class action lawsuit against the leader of the Sacred Struggle movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who was previously arrested for "terrorism and preparations to seize power."

As Avanesyan reported on her Facebook page, she intends to file a  lawsuit in accordance with Article 224 of the Civil Procedure Code  (the right to file a class action lawsuit - ed.). The minister noted  that many citizens and public figures, against whom the archbishop  himself had previously filed lawsuits, have already joined her  initiative. In addition, Avanesyan emphasized that the leader of the  Heritage faction, Styopa Safaryan, offered her his assistance in  organizational matters.

"It is true that we are lenient and generous people, but  responsibility is a good thing. I propose to direct the amount  demanded for moral damages to good and public causes. We will inform  you more about the process and the possibility of joining the  lawsuit," Avanesyan noted.

She made this statement after Bagrat Galstanyan's lawyers filed a  lawsuit against Avanesyan for "insult and slander." As the minister  reported, she learned about this through the media and immediately  announced her intention to initiate a joint lawsuit against the  archbishop.

"I propose filing a class action lawsuit against the person who  called the people "dark cattle". I wonder if his insatiable desire to  "shoot" has transformed into a form of expressing discontent in  court. Or, after filing the lawsuit, he still plays out the  "shooting" and other terrorist scenarios in his head, feeling the  need for finances? Do not stop, also contact international terrorist  organizations with complaints that the Armenian authorities prevented  attempts at a coup d'etat," Avanesyan wrote earlier.

It is noteworthy that Avanesyan, a lawyer by education, obviously  trampling on the presumption of innocence of a person, has already  issued a guilty verdict against Archbishop Bagrat and makes value  judgments in conditions when the competent authorities are still only  conducting the preliminary investigation.

Recall that on July 22, according to the Datalex website of judicial  acts, the leader of the Sacred Struggle movement, Archbishop Bagrat  Galstanyan, who had previously been arrested for 2 months on charges  of "terrorism and preparation for the seizure of power," filed  lawsuits against political figures, demanding compensation for moral  damage caused by insult and slander. Galstanyan demanded through the  court to collect 6 million drams in compensation from a member of the  Civil Contract party, National Assembly deputy Vahagn Aleksanyan, 3  million drams each from Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan, leader of  the Republic party Aram Sargsyan, former NA deputy Styopa Safaryan,  political scientist Harutyun Mkrtchyan, and Republic party members  Ani Khachatryan and Hayk Sahakyan.