The police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a report to the Investigative Committee regarding the incident that took place yesterday with the Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan on Demirchyan Street.
It should be noted that on March 26, in front of the National Assembly, there was an incident involving the Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan. Alen Simonyan approached the relatives of the missing servicemen, who were protesting in front of the Parliament. The conversation turned into an argument, during which the citizen cursed Alen Simonyan.
The Speaker of the National Assembly also cursed the citizen. After the incident, 2 people from Demirchyan Street were taken to the Arabkir police station, and later they were released. One of them is Arsen Vardanyan, the president of the "All-Armenian Front".
Alen Simonyan is in the center of such a scandal for the second time. Years ago, he spat in the citizen's face, instructing the bodyguards to hold the citizen's hands first.
It is obvious that the Speaker of the National Assembly does not realize what an important position he holds, and instead of showing the restraint of an official, he turns any conversation into a "boy's bazaar", as a result of which he is not punished, but the opposite party sometimes ends up in prison.
Not at all justifying the citizen's impolite attitude and swearing lexicon, let's say that the Speaker of the National Assembly should never communicate with a citizen in such an attitude. Since during the incident, Simonyan ordered the law enforcement officers to arrest the person and take him to the department, we wondered whether the Speaker of the National Assembly has the authority to send the citizen to the police department.
"Hraparak" asked lawyer Yervand Varosyan a question. The lawyer said: "When we talk about the law and about, in general, who has what powers in our country, we need to clarify one thing: which state is we talking about? Is it about a legal state or a country living in feudal order?
If we are talking about Armenia, which was supposed to be a legal state, then in a legal state the Speaker of the National Assembly does not have such a right. Its function is completely different, and law enforcement officers must obey the letter of the law only. But hey, this is Armenia, here when you have power, you are the law. There's a lot to be angry about here, but nothing to be surprised about.
The law does not provide anything for blasphemy, if it is not aimed directly at violating public order or is not directed against society in general. If it is about such interpersonal relations, then it is the problem of people, this is the reality.
Alen Simonyan can apply to the civil court for blasphemy, but a citizen can also apply to the court for the expression "Aran papad a", there is no difference.
The problem is that in Armenia it is customary to describe any loud voice or speech that happens on the street as hooliganism, but one thing is clear: a high-ranking official should at least have learned to behave more discreetly on the street."
