Opposition MP critical of government over prosecution of servicemen
ArmInfo. The government, which in 2018 celebrated, praised and encouraged some members of the
peacekeeping brigade to take to the streets and join the political march, is now saying that such behavior will not be tolerated, Tigran Abrahamyan, of the opposition faction With Honor stated as he
commented on the information that the Investigative Committee of
Armenia initiated criminal proceedings on the fact that military
personnel joined the protesters on the Kirants-Voskepar road.
"Against the backdrop of greetings and words of support from the
military personnel, the Ministry of Defense informed the people that
the military police are taking measures to identify persons in
military uniform who joined the "political action."
The government, which in 2018 celebrated, praised and encouraged some
soldiers of the peacekeeping brigade to take to the streets and join
the political march, is now saying it is unacceptable.
And this is the case when in 2018 the struggle was for the seat,
power and, as it turned out after a short time, the transfer of
Artsakh and concessions of various territories to Armenia. And today
people literally took to the streets to protect their families and
homes.
Another circumstance: the servicemen who were seen in the footage
yesterday were clearly not on duty at that moment; they warmly
greeted people and left.
And in 2018, the military personnel who took to the streets did not
just greet and leave, but actually participated in an anti-government
protest march," Abrahamyan recalled on his Facebook page.
The Investigative Committee of Armenia initiated criminal proceedings
on the grounds of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 2 of Art. 529 of the
Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia and clauses 1 and 2 of Part
2 of Art. 46-529 of the RA Criminal Code amid reports that about two
dozen military personnel came to the Voskepar-Kirants road to express
support for citizens trying to defend their right to live safely in
their homes.