The parents and other relatives of Armenian soldiers killed during the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh demonstrated in Yerevan on Tuesday to demand criminal charges against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Lawyers representing an Armenian judge claimed on Tuesday that law-enforcement authorities want to arrest him because of his decision to grant bail to an opposition figure detained in December.
Chief Prosecutor Denies Political Orders From Pashinian
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Prosecutor-General Artur Davtian insisted on Friday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian did not order law-enforcement authorities to crack down on people who insulted and jeered him during his visit to Armenia’s Syunik province last week.
Angry local residents blamed Pashinian for Armenia’s defeat in last year’s Nagorno-Karabakh which has gravely affected their communities. Dozens of them swore at him and branded him a “capitulator” as he walked through the Syunik towns of Agarak and Meghri on April 21.
Pashinian described the protests as a “violation of the law” at a meeting with senior government and law-enforcement officials held in the provincial capital Kapan. He told the chiefs of Armenia’s police and National Security Service (NSS) to respond “in a tough manner.”
Kocharian Cleared Of Coup Charges
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A judge in Yerevan threw out on Tuesday coup charges against former President Robert Kocharian which Armenia’s Constitutional Court has declared unconstitutional.
Kocharian as well as two retired generals were charged in 2018 with overthrowing the constitutional order” under Article 300.1 of the Armenian Criminal Code. The accusation rejected by them as politically motivated stems from the 2008 post-election unrest that left ten people dead.
The current Criminal Code was enacted after the dramatic events of March 2008. In a March 26 ruling, the Constitutional Court backed defense lawyers’ arguments that it cannot be applied retroactively against Kocharian and the other defendants.
Facing Criticism From Armenian Church, Pashinian Skips Christmas Mass
January 06, 2021 16:56 GMT
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YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian facing criticism from the country’s dominant Christian church over his handling of Armenia s recent war against Azerbaijan has stayed away from a Christmas service he was expected to attend in Yerevan on January 6.
Parliamentary speaker Ararat Mirzoyan and other key members of Pashinian’s political team were also
conspicuously absent from the mass that was held at St. Gregory the Illuminator s Cathedral in Yerevan.
Prosecutor-General Artur Davtian was the only senior state official present at the service.