Out of 258 defendants in bribery cases, 182 are from "Strong Armenia": they complain that the CPP has targeted them.
30-06-2026 10:24 Armenia A comment
Armenian Time. It has been the fourth day that we are at the Constitutional Court, and the sessions continue regarding the examination of the applications to contest the election results. Taking this opportunity, I would like to ask you to follow the proceedings of the Constitutional Court sessions.
This was stated by the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, Surbhi Galayan, in a video posted on her social media page.
«So, the representatives of the «Strong Armenia» coalition claim that the Anti-Corruption Committee has targeted them, and this targeting has affected the election results. This refers to the process of discovering the distribution of bribes, which the Anti-Corruption Committee has carried out, resulting in 258 defendants in various criminal cases, of which 182 are representatives of the «Strong Armenia» coalition. Moreover, some of them are candidates for parliamentary positions nominated by the coalition. I state this as a fact, and this force complains that the Anti-Corruption Committee has targeted them.»
I asked whether it would be appropriate for the Anti-Corruption Committee not to mention in its publications which party the alleged bribe was given for.
The representative of «Strong Armenia» said yes, that would be appropriate. The representative of the «Armenia» coalition said yes, that would be appropriate.
Surprisingly, the representative of the «Wings of Unity» said that yes, that would be appropriate. And only the «For the Republic» party had a clear response that no, because an unspecified message would target everyone. How can a party, a political force that considers bribery unacceptable and disgraceful, accept a situation in which it could be targeted itself?
Our political force, for example, has had no connection to bribery at all; why should it be ready to bear the burden of responsibility for those unspecified messages? I leave the answers to you,» the minister said.
* This text was automatically translated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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