Politician: Case against Gyumri mayor is politically motivated stunt

ArmInfo. Suren Surenyants, leader of the Democratic Alternative Party, denounced the criminal case  against opposition Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan as a politically motivated stunt.

"The criminal case against Vardan Ghukasyan not only lacks legal  validity, but is also a blatant political maneuver: it followed  Pashinyan's public statement about the need to 'kick him out' of the  political scene.  The problem here isn't Ghukasyan's personality,"  Surenyants asserts.

According to him, the problem runs deeper: ahead of the parliamentary  elections, the government is deliberately devaluing the institution  of elections, clearly demonstrating to society that the elections are  no longer a realistic path to change. "Pashinyan is shutting the door  to peaceful and institutionalized political change, which will  inevitably result in public resistance, mass disobedience, and  potential unrest," the politician concluded.