BHK may boycott parliament work until solution of activist beating case

The political council of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) proposes discussing the possibility of boycotting the Armenian parliament’s work until full solution of the incident related to abduction and beating of activist Artak Khachatryan.

The party said in a statement that consultations with other parliamentary factions should be held on the issue so as coordinate the further joint actions.

The political council of BHK says that the civil activist, member of the party’s political council Artak Khachatryan was abducted and beaten up for 5 hours.

“We consider it as a cynical challenge to political forces and society. The responsibility for the incident rests with the political leadership of the country. We demand that law enforcement bodies solve as soon as possible this incident as well as other attacks on political and public figures. Let no one doubt that these cases will go unpunished. If the law enforcement system does not punish them, then the people will do it,” the statement notes. 

As was reported, Armenia’s Investigative Committee opened a criminal case based on information that on the afternoon of February 7 a group of people abducted Artak Khachatryan by using violence. Investigative and operational-search actions are underway to reveal all the circumstances of the incident.

On February 7 Artak Khachatryan, an active participant in rallies against the introduction of the new law on turnover tax, was taken home after he was beaten up.

A protest will be staged today outside the Armenian government with demands to find and punish those guilty.