On November 10, Arsen Gburdzhin, who headed the list of the powerful Armenia Party in the elections to the Stepanvan Council of Elders on October 25, died in Novobarashen prison. He was arrested four days before the elections. The Armenian National Congress expresses its deepest condolences to the family, relatives and party members of Arsen Geborgian.
Arsen Geborgian became another victim of the campaign launched by Nikol Pashinyan's regime against democratic and civil liberties.
The Armenian National Congress strongly condemns model of "democracy" established by the government of Nikol Pashinyan, in which the main opposition forces are subjected to harassment and arrest before elections, administrative pressure and violations of the law during the electoral process and voting, as well as new repression after the elections. When the government uses law enforcement to suppress political opponents, it also limits citizens' right to free choice. With his policies, Nikol Pashinyan is leading Armenia step by step towards a dictatorship.
It also needs to send a clear message to our people and our society. The political persecution and attacks on democratic freedoms must stop immediately, and all those responsible for anti-democratic and illegal actions must be punished.
The protection of the right of any persecuted political force to exercise freedom of action and participate in elections is the responsibility of all of us.