Zhoghovurd daily writes:
"The RA General Prosecutor's Office has a restraint. To date, this structure has not initiated proceedings on Nikol Pashinyan's statement on the genocide, which is a direct demand for the RA Criminal Code.
It should be reminded that a few days ago, on January 25, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a meeting with representatives of the Armenian community of Switzerland in Zurich. "We need to understand, well, what happened and why did we perceive it, and how did we perceive it?
This is how it was not the agenda of the Armenian Genocide in 1939, and how it has been the Armenian Genocide agenda in 1950. How was it? We need to understand that we should not understand. "
Thus, he actually questioned what happened in 1915, when almost the whole world described it as a "genocide."
It should be noted that the term "genocide" was in circulation in 1944. Police of Polish, Criminal and International Law, lawyer Rafael Lemkin.
Therefore, in 1939, the agenda of the Armenian Genocide could not have been commented on the situation. This is about the genealogy of the term "genocide". And according to Article 136, Part 1 of the RA Criminal Code, "publicly denying the genocide or humanity." The color, national or ethnic origin or religious affiliation is punishable by a fine, twenty-four-four-four-hour, or freedom restricted by public works. For a year or short-term imprisonment for a period of one to two months or imprisonment for a maximum of four years. "
According to Part 2 of the article, "1) using public or employment or information, or 2), using government or information or communication using or 2), is punishable by two to five years."
It should be noted that the denial of the Armenian Genocide is criminalized not only in the Republic of Armenia, but also in Switzerland, where the RA Prime Minister had such a speech.
"Zhoghovurd" daily asked the RA General Prosecutor's Office with a written request to find out if this situation, whether there is a initiated proceedings about the above statement.
Does the prosecutor prepare to initiate a wave of a wide range of dissatisfaction among the public? Is there a restraint against Nikol Pashinyan in applying the above law?
In response to our questions, they gave a rather short response from the RA Prosecutor General's Office. "There is no criminal proceedings on the mentioned connection."
Probably, Nikol Pashinyan's former advisor Anna Vardapetyan has been constrained and avoids making the law of law. "
