YEREVAN. – Detention of the Founding Parliament initiative members are a regular violation of the constitutional rights of Armenian citizens, head of ANC faction Levon Zurabyan told reporters on Tuesday.

He recalled his previous statements in connection with the Founding Parliament, in particular on the events in Berdzor when the activists were attacked and stabbing in Gyumri on March 28.

The law enforcement officers on Tuesday had detained Jirair Sefilian, several other initiative members, and the Armenian Rebirth movement’s Lebanon representative, Toros Sefilian, who is Jirair Sefilian’s brother. The opposition “100th [Armenian Genocide] Anniversary Without the Regime” movement had issued a respective message.

The Investigative Committee of Armenia in turn released a statement saying that they have prevented the organizing of mass disorder at the places of public events to be held in the country on April 24, the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.