“AUTHORITIES THROW DUST IN OUR EYES”
Support A1+!Various EC high-ranking officials periodically declare that the political prisoners must be immediately set free. And the other day they directly demanded to stop the criminal persecution under Articles 300 and 235. However, in this regard, the Armenian authorities undertake no steps at all. As for Serzh Sargssian, he continues claiming that the Court treats the offenders rather kindly.
In his dialogue with “A1+” former Speaker Babken Ararktsian not only expressed skepticism towards the willingness of the authorities to listen to the warnings of Europe, but also towards the European Institutions in general. “Nothing is being done. The authorities throw dust in our eyes. No requirement has been met yet. We know the Europeans quite well. They are bureaucrats too and are eager to show their doings and that’s all. I believe nothing. Well, I am skeptic. And what is today going on in the courts is crime committed against the nation.”
Commenting on the trials in progress, Babken Ararktsian said: “They are all hollow and absurd trials. People do not even acknowledge their guilt.”
Ararktsian had been present at Smbat Ayvazian’s trial and he was short of words to express the impression he got. “What these people get is a nasty treatment. And though the case is groundless and blown up like a balloon, the decisions of the court are all ordered and the defendants will be found guilty.”
