Unknown persons smash windows of car serving head of the Mother  Armenia faction of Yerevan Council of Elders

ArmInfo.  Unknown individuals smashed the windows of a car used by Manuk Sukiasyan, head of the Mother Armenia faction of the Yerevan Council of Elders. This is the second time that Sukiasyan's car has been damaged.

As Sukiasyan himself recounted in a live broadcast on his Facebook  page, the incident occurred after his speech at a hearing in the  National Assembly of Armenia. He claimed that the unknown individuals  smashed the windows, but again, nothing was stolen. Therefore, he  expressed his belief that the incident had political overtones and  was an attempt to curtail his activities.

He also recalled that the first incident occurred last summer;  windows were smashed, but nothing was stolen from the car. "At the  time, I thought it was ordinary hooliganism. However, even then, I  began to suspect that what happened might be related to my political  activities," the head of the opposition faction said. "What's  happening is nothing more than an act of meanness and fear on the  part of the current government. Responsibility for what happened lies  on their shoulders, as this is the second such incident with a  similar pattern. Thus, they continue to create an atmosphere of fear.  They instill in people a 'velvet fear' in a situation where the  country has become an epicenter of drug trafficking and gambling,"  the faction leader stated.

In connection with the situation, Sukiasyan also recalled the arson  attack on the family car of Gevorg Stepanyan, a member of the Mother  Armenia faction in the Yerevan Council of Elders. He noted that many  such cases go unsolved and expressed confidence that his case will  also go unaddressed.