Arpine Sargsyan, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Armenia, responded to the news circulating in the press that he is allegedly personally coordinating the process of "dispersing, beating, and detaining the protesters", calling them false news, the purpose of which is to stop the reforms of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Arpine Sargsyan said about it"Armenpress"-in a conversation with
"This targeted information attack, in the framework of which blatant lies, information directed by certain circles and aimed at dividing the police ranks, is also aimed at targeting and discrediting me.
Of course, such a way of working is no longer strange, because some circles do not tolerate the reforms in all spheres of internal affairs under my coordination, which are aimed at providing higher guarantees for the protection of human rights, the institutionalization of the state system, and want to target and cover up the work done in every way. on. However, such news is the ultimate manifestation of the fact that people do not have even the slightest idea about the distribution and functioning of the functions of the internal affairs and police systems.
Regarding specific gatherings, their content, various assessments, the police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs clearly fulfills and will continue to fulfill exclusively the tasks set before it by law. In this regard, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Police responded appropriately to various news.
"I urge you not to become a tool for some circles by spreading falsehoods, and even more so by tarnishing a person's good reputation, because this discredits not the structure or the official, but the media itself, which publishes blatantly false information," said Sargsyan.