YEREVAN. – We propose that Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan come and answer the questions that are related to his link to offshore companies, but he does not agree.    

Opposition Armenian National Congress bloc National Assembly Faction Secretary Aram Manukyan stated the aforesaid to news reporters on Thursday.

He commented on Sargsyan’s statements that Armenia’s political opposition likewise is to blame for the emigration from the country, since it could not become an alternative to the authorities.

“To preserve their positions, the authorities are backing not only the top criminals, but also the hooliganism that exists in that stratum. Thus, the authorities are destroying not solely the citizens of its country, but also the opposition and the MPs,” Manukyan stressed.  

He added that the authorities are putting pressure on the MPs, so that they have an oppositional stance as little as possible.

“The authorities state that they are the opposition. It is a display of extreme cynicism and dictatorship when they announce that they are the state. In the meantime, the citizen that leaves the country is today’s most irreparable loss. The citizen of the country is value supreme, whereas the objective of the authorities is to deprive them of their lands,” the opposition MP concluded.