April 1, 2026
RPA Vice President Armen Ashotyan referred to the provocation that took place in the church on Palm Sunday and the noisy realities that followed it. “The European and international experience of fighting against authoritarian regimes dictates that it is necessary to name and shame not only the dictators, but also the persons who serve them, carry out their orders, and are instruments of oppression.
That approach is called naming and shaming.
Therefore, within the framework of that toolkit, I remind you which of Nikol’s bodyguards hit 18-year-old student Davit Minasyan in the church.
His name is Mkrtumyan Ashot.
Shame on all the tools of dictators. May God punish them and their children for their actions.”
The photo that Armen Ashotyan attached to his post is a reminder of two Liturgies. in one case, the said bodyguard shuts the mouth of a citizen who uttered the name of His Holiness, in another case, he hits a school-aged boy.
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