Tomorrow, on August 7, an unprecedented event in the thousand-year history of the Armenian people will take place: the Catholicos of All Armenians will stand before the court of the Armenian state as an accused.

Moreover, according to human rights defenders, His Holiness is credited with performing such an act, which refers exclusively to the spiritual sphere, is protected by the principle of “the church is separate from the state”, therefore it is legally unavailable to any secular court.

Samvel Karapetyan, the leader of the “Strong Armenia” bloc, who announced that “we will protect the church in our own way”, which is why the authorities started political persecution against him, referring to the criminal process against Vehapar in a press conference, said that he considers it a disgrace to all Armenians, which the authorities are still continuing.

“I thought they would come to their senses, but they still continue. We will see,” he emphasized.

And the journalists reminded Samvel Karapetyan that a few days ago his statement, “You see, they are Gyormamish people, let them rule, we’ll see what they will do with those factories”, became the reason for a dispute in the National Assembly yesterday. Will there be a review of the speech?

Karapetyan answered the question with a question: “Do you not regret your speech?” “Which talk, if you’re asking about taking my businesses, I have a more interesting talk.”

The leader of the “Strong Armenia” party, Samvel Karapetyan, also referred to Nikol Pashinyan’s statement that the HEC will be nationalized and will be handed over to all-tax administration.

“They must first be able to take it to hand it over. There are Armenian and international courts for that. We are now fighting against their iniquities. We are moving forward step by step in the European courts. We have an arbitration decision that prohibits them from taking any action against that asset,” he emphasized.

Referring to the government’s accusations that additional payments were written on military units and kindergartens, the businessman first said that the government does not have any evidence, on the other hand, he added.

“The National Security Agency is an active body, and about 3,000 people have the opportunity to commit such crimes.”

Regarding the data presented by Alexey Overchuk, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, that the trade turnover of the Russian Federation and Armenia decreased by 2/3 compared to the previous year, Samvel Karapetyan noted.

“I consider it the “successes” of this incompetent government, that they must impoverish our villagers.”

Samvel Karapetyan gave a positive answer as to whether the question of renouncing his citizenship of other countries is on the agenda.

“When I am given the opportunity to be released from house arrest, you will ask that question only after that,” he emphasized.

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