YEREVAN. – Arrests of Heritage party members are targeted against the party in pre-election period, leader of Heritage Riaffi Hovannisian said.

The authorities are speaking about peace, but “peace does not mean criminal governance, robbed people, migration, poverty, and Armenia which is beating journalists and detaining peaceful protesters without any reason”.

Hovannisian wonders whether the citizens are worthy such an attitude and must tolerate this. Heritage party offers every Armenian citizen “the principle of support and solidarity”.

“I have already sent a letter to the European People's Party. I will be in Brussels in September. We should work inside and abroad to make an Armenian citizen protected in his country. We have to lead the struggle together with all Armenians of the world, and if the diaspora continues to be idle and is not a part of it, nothing will change. The security situation in the country, ensuring its external security should really change, and this finally will lead to early elections, all thieves will be held accountable to their own people,” the politician resumed.