Police cordon during the opposition procession in Yerevan. Archive photoYEREVAN, May 12.The opposition of Armenia, demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, continued the procession after the rally near the building of the General Prosecutor's Office, where they went to support the relatives of the military who died during the escalation of the conflict in Karabakh in the fall of 2020, gathered there. Pashinyan. The reason for filing the petition was a statement made by Pashinyan in parliament on April 13. Then the Armenian prime minister claimed that it was possible to «stop the war» in Karabakh, and as a result of this «there would be the same situation, but without casualties.» The plaintiffs believe that Pashinyan, «in advance imagining and foreseeing the consequences, human casualties, deliberately did not stop the war.»The vice speaker of the Armenian parliament urged not to use force against the protestersAn Armenian parliamentarian from the opposition faction «Armenia» said during the rally that the relatives of the dead soldiers demand Pashinyan's detention «and this demand is justified.» «Pashinyan can hide, commit a new act, in particular, make new territorial concessions to Azerbaijan, influence the course of the investigation,» Kazinyan said. In addition, according to him, the Prosecutor General's Office should make sure that the prime minister personally appeared before the investigators to testify. the military who died during the escalation of the conflict in Karabakh in the fall of 2020, filed against Pashinyan, should be considered as part of the criminal case already under investigation. He clarified that this is a case initiated back in 2021 based on the statement of the former head of the General Staff Movses Hakobyan to the Anti-Corruption Committee, which investigates the preparedness for war, the conscientiousness of the military-political leadership in fulfilling its duties in wartime. In November 2020 Hakobyan accused the military-political leadership of Armenia of numerous mistakes during the escalation in Karabakh related to mobilization, the purchase of weapons, and the transfer of the armed forces to martial law. In particular, he stated that the authorities of the country, a few days after the start of hostilities, stopped the mobilization process, and the Su-30SM fighters purchased by Armenia were purchased without missiles. resulted in civilian casualties. The parties made several attempts to conclude a truce, but the tripartite agreement reached on the night of November 10 was successful. With the mediation of Moscow, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a complete ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and bodies of the dead. Yerevan also handed over to Baku the Kelbajar and Lachin regions, as well as part of the Aghdam region, which since 1994 have been under the control of the unrecognized NKR. In addition, Russian peacekeepers have been stationed in the region.
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