Political scientist Hakob Badalyanwrites:
"Unfortunately, the criminal prosecution against the Catholicos of All Armenians is not surprising in any way. I don't know if there is a need to repeat or explain to anyone that what is happening against our church is not only domestic political, it is geopolitical.
I have pointed out to you that after the visit of the US Vice President, Nikol Pashinyan embarked on a new wave of harsh measures for the political application of law enforcement levers, the "peak" of which is actually the criminal case against the Catholicos.
Is there any need to explain that the only target here seems to be Garegin II? Actually, the target is the global phenomenon of the Armenian Apostolic Church and its compression of the 29,743 square meters of "real Armenia". km range. This is also the reason why Nikol Pashinyan is trying in every possible way to disrupt the Episcopal Assembly convened in Austria.
On the other hand, he tries to create the impression that this meeting was an opportunity for Garegin II to "escape" from Armenia, along with the church treasury. Isn't it clear that this is only for primitive propaganda minds? But it is also important for Pashinyan.
That process can be stopped in one way if Nikol Pashinyan is removed from power. It will be through some kind of public movement or electoral process, this is a question to be discussed or decided by the opposition forces, but the process against the church is "guaranteed" by the power of Nikol Pashinyan, because that power is "guaranteed" by the process against the church, including in terms of external perception," he wrote.
