At today’s oppositional rally leader of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), Levon Ter-Petrosyan criticized Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan and head of the Armenian delegation to PACE, Davit Harutyunyan. According to him, Davit Harutyunyan, being a prominent member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, brilliantly carried out the task of preventing the application of sanctions against Armenia. However, if Davit Harutyunyan’s position is explicable due to party affiliation, Armen Harutyunyan’s policy is completely unacceptable.

Ter-Petrossian accused human rights defender, saying that the latter, serving the interests of the authorities could not sort out  if there are any political prisoners in Armenia or not. “Armen Harutyunyan, from the grammatical point of view, understood the title of his office quite correctly. He is a real defender of human rights - one person’s rights, the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. He is not concerned over protecting the rights of other Armenian citizens,” said the ANC leader.