Postanjyan disagrees with critics to her person after her question to RA President in PACE

PanARMENIAN.Net - Member of Parliament from Heritage oppositional party Zaruhi Postanjyan does not agree with critics to her person followed by her question to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

“It is absolutely incorrect to conduct comparison with authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan, or between authoritarian regimes of other countries. We have problem with becoming a democratic state,” Postanjyan told a press conference in Yerevan.

“Presence of an oppositional member in Parliamentary delegation of PACE does not rule out that the country is not authoritarian,” said the Member of Parliament expressing her disagreement with Mr. Sargsyan’s illegal holding of the Armenian President’s office.

Postanjyan said that from 1995 all elections held in Armenia are not legal.

Postanjyan also disagreed with the opinion that she involves external forces to the Armenian interior and underlined that Armenia is a full member of PACE, and this organization is called up to protect Armenian citizens’ rights.

During President Serzh Sargsyan’s speech at PACE on June 22, Zaruhi Postanjyan offered him to hold a quick election, saying that now Armenia is an authoritarian state. In his turn, the President replied that no elections will be held in Armenia noting that he respects the opinion of the Parliament Member, but does not think European partners of Armenia share this view.