On Wednesday Scider applied to the Armenian opposition urging to refrain from illegal actions and to respect the constitutional order in the country. The spread document reads also that The Council of Europe expects from the Armenian government that is releases the arrested activists of the opposition. ”The authorities should do their best to calm down the tension, but without undertaking radical measures for maintaining the public order,” the statement published on the official site of the PACE reads.
At present totally 134 people underwent administrative punishment. 56 of them were penalized with a sum equal to 2,5 USD. The persons accused of hooliganism, disorders, have all the necessary conditions to defend themselves – those who are not able to hire a lawyer, have the opportunity to have him free of charge. It has been revealed that every third arrested has earlier been convicted for different crimes, such as murders, robbery, rape, money falsification, illegal maintenance of arms… The criminal elements are being used for destabilization of the situation in the country. These persons can hardly follow certain ideas. So, speaking about the release of the oppositional figures, Mr. Schider was probably being based on unchecked information.
The opposition continues to provoke the authorities by holding unsanctioned mass actions frequently accompanied by disorders. During the demonstrations the hooligans were raiding the regional electoral headquarters of Robert Kocharian, were threatening the owners of the shops were photos of Robert Kocharian were placed. Deciding to carry out unsanctioned demonstrations, heads of Stepan Demirchyan’s electoral headquarters do not care about preventing the possible illegal acts of their supporters. This means that they share the responsibility with those who want to destabilize the situation in the country through the actions of the opposition.
