July 22, 2026
The RA Central Electoral Commission has accepted the petition of the prosecutor’s office, and Narek Karapetyan, a member of the “Strong Armenia” party, will be deprived of parliamentary immunity.
“The CEC, having examined the issue of charging Narek Karapetyan, has satisfied the circumstance of giving consent. This is not a waiver of immunity, it is a consent to prosecution. In order to deprive of freedom, the CEC must give its consent again,” in a conversation with journalists after the CEC session said lawyer Aram Vardevanyan.
Larisa Alaverdyan, the first human rights defender of RA According to the assessment, Nikol Pashinyan is making these steps so that there will be very few opposition MPs in the upcoming parliament.
“KP does not have a constitutional majority in the parliament, so their goal is to have few opposition parties in the NA.
This is the continuation of the political persecutions that started in Armenia and the direct destruction of dissidents, be it the media, by the way, I do not rule out that soon the same will begin with the media, be it a direct citizen or an opposition figure.
There is no change, because the methods that have not been used until now will be used. If there are no such methods, then they will be invented by the CP.
All the promises, which we are not aware of, must be fulfilled by the ruling committee, everything will be done for that.” of 168.am said Larisa Alaverdyan in a conversation with
According to him, one should never think that these steps by the authorities have a limit, just as goodness is unlimited, so these political persecutions are unlimited as evil deeds.
“I have said several times that these challenges we are dealing with are completely new. Many times not only for RA society, but for everyone in general.
I confess, I have said several times that we do not find adequate answers to these evil challenges, this should be accepted as a sad fact,” stressed Larisa Alaverdyan.
He emphasized that it is necessary to apply to the courts and the number of applications should be very large, the same opposition should be able to secure thousands of applications, because the rights of thousands of people are being violated.
“We know 2-3 bodies to which we appeal, that is, the UN, the European Union and the EU Council, which openly interferes in these processes, there are other bodies as well. There are various rights related to disability, children’s rights that are being violated, today 60 thousand Artsakh citizens are left out of these many processes.
It is necessary to appeal to everyone, everyone,” emphasized Larisa Alaverdyan.
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