As human rights defender, as an RA citizen I strongly condemn the calls of violence and sexual abuse voiced in the course of the campaign, or mentions of political vendettas.
I see those as threatening both to citizens and the concept of democracy. No one, including the acting Prime Minister, has right to voice such calls and torture or threat citizens for dissenting opinions. Each and every one of us is free in his or her choices and no one has the right to impose rules of game or persecute anyone on that ground. Lawyers and advocates have to assess the situation and condemn the events. This is unprecedented to have the leader of the country use sexually colored insults and use them as means of campaign. I call on stopping the manipulations and further hold on to program-based campaign instruments.
