Former NA deputy: It is necessary to form  resistance center in  Armenia

ArmInfo. Yesterday's shameful story involving Lidiya Mantashyan, whose arrest was extended by the court for 3 months, speaks about the current situation  in Armenia. Former deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Naira Zohrabyan told journalists  on August 21.

She pointed out the absence of representatives of foreign embassies  and public organizations at the court hearings. She noted that these  same groups  who used to stage political shows by lying down outside  the court buildings during the times of the previous authorities, are  not present. She added that RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has  received carte blanca from his foreign patrons to implement the  roadmap assigned to him, the price of which is now evident to  everyone in the country's courts, when citizens of the country are  accused of attempting to commit a coup d'etat, including using edited  recordings.

The full presentation of these recordings, as noted by Naira  Zohrabyan noted, speaks of how public opinion can be manipulated. "It  is already becoming a tradition when representatives of the  opposition forces come to courtrooms, make statements, write  statuses, give interviews, and then consider their mission complete.   It is necessary to take concrete steps, it is necessary to find  solutions, especially given the fact that since 2018 there are no  more public organizations," the politician noted, pointing out the  necessity to form a resistance working group or Resistance Committee.  "We need a center of anti-Nikol forces, to grab by the scruff of the  neck and bring to the court building the diplomats of those countries  who tore their shirts when the rights of opposition activists were  violated under the previous authorities," the former deputy  emphasized.