YEREVAN. - Videotape which captured Tigran Arakelyan gave me the impression that he is in mentally unbalanced state, said MP from ruling Armenian Republican Party Rafik Petrosyan to a press conference on Monday.

The MP did not rule out the assignment of an expertise to confirm Arakelyan’s limited responsibility and assigned him to involuntary treatment.

"Demanding his release, we will endanger our society," said the MP.

Armenian National Movement board member Hovhannes Igityan, the other participant of the debate noted that the issue of changing the preventive measure against Arakelyan is political and can be solved by a single phone call from Rafik Petrosyan.

According to Igityan, in case of Arakelian they accentuate the fact that he cursed the mother of a police officer.

"In this context, I would like to bring out the incident when an official replied with a swear to journalist’s legitimate request for information. Was that official arrested?” said Igityan.

"Swearing on the phone is different. On the phone you can use foul language but it is different when you insult a policeman publicly,” replied Petrosyan.