All those who commit illegal acts will be held accountable, says NA  Speaker

ArmInfo.  All those who commit illegal acts will be held accountable. This was stated by Alen Simonyan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, to journalists on November 13, speaking about the detention of Narek Samsonyan and Vazgen Saghatelyan, co-authors of the "Imnemnim" podcast, by law enforcement.

According to the Speaker, in addition to emotions and slander, there  is also a criminal component, especially when threats are made.

"Yes, according to the law, all those who resort to hooligan behavior  and make threats will be punished.  And this is not surprising; we  will have a completely different social order: we will not resort to  stabbings, especially considering that these people are accustomed to  living by the laws of the criminal world," the speaker said, pointing  to the rise in crime in the country, which is, in part, the result of  justifying such behavior. The speaker added that he believes his  action in contacting law enforcement was the right one.

The judicial information website Datalex reported that the speaker is  demanding that Vazgen Saghatelyan issue a public apology on Facebook  within five working days and confiscate 2 million drams for the  insults contained in the posts.

As a reminder, early this morning, unknown masked men broke into the  homes of Narek Samsonyan and Vazgen Saghatelyan, co-authors of the  "Imnemnim" program series, and detained them. Searches are also being  conducted at the office of the organization "Antifake." The  detainees' lawyer, Ruben Melikyan, reported that they were detained  for insulting statements directed at Alen Simonyan.