How PM Pashinyan Turned Armenia’s Justice System Into An Instrument Of Repression
Almost two weeks ago I published an article titled “Under Pashinyan’s Rule The Civil Contract Party Is Above The Law.” I analyzed in my article the findings of the ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ & ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ-๐๐๐๐๐, disseminated to the international media under the title of “๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก: ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐
๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐’๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐
๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ.” We all know that corruption in Armenia is not strictly confined to the offices of the Civil Contract Party (CCP). Under the watchful eyes of PM Pashinyan, corruption has moved well beyond the rank and file of the CCP, spread its tentacles to every single ministry, undermined every principle of fundamental justice, and turned the judges and key bureaucrats of the Justice Ministry into disposable items mobilized to serve the personal ambitions and survival of the “Pashinyan Dyna...