Zhoghovurd daily writes:
"On October 1 of this year, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement about Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan was not disappeared from the rostrum of the National Assembly. The prosecutor's office has been operating.
It should be reminded that he literally said from the podium: "I think that those who make statements against the RA sovereignty must simply throw out the political and public field. We must do this by political methods and all the methods that can be used in a democratic country. I am convinced that this will happen. "
These words of the Prime Minister followed the interview where Vardan Ghukasyan, in his style, noted that Armenia should enter into union to ensure its security. Later, he clarified that all the countries, as well as large and developed, must be union, EU or CSTO. However, this political discussion received a legal process.
Yesterday it became known that the prosecutor's office started studying Vardan Ghukasyan's statements in the press. The Prosecutor General's Office told ARMLur.am that the materials were sent to the Investigative Committee for legal assessment. Thus, freedom of speech has reappeared in the center of legal processes. If the course turns into a criminal case, this will be another case when persons are prosecuted for the expression of political opinion.
It should be reminded that Archbishop Samvel Karapetyan and Mikael Archbishop Ajapahyan were already in the focus of such stories. The prosecutor's office seems to be tried to draw the boundaries of freedom of speech not by law, but by the Prime Minister's instructions. And it becomes a criminal reason to express an opinion in our country. "
Details in today's issue of "Zhoghovurd" daily.
