ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, while giving a live broadcast assessment of processes within the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA), owned by Russian businessman Samvel Karapetyan, is issuing direct instructions to the country's law enforcement agencies, as noted by legal expert Gohar Meloyan on her Facebook page, in response to accusations made by the Armenian Prime Minister during a meeting with ENA interim manager Romanos Petrosyan.
"The Armenian Prime Minister's labeling of any person or action as 'money laundering' in an official video recording constitutes a direct order to Armenian law enforcement agencies and is yet another example of the official's disregard for the presumption of innocence," the legal expert asserts.
According to Meloyan, criminal defense lawyers will confirm that Armenia is currently unique in the world in terms of the number of money laundering charges per capita. "And now it's clear why law enforcement agencies are behaving this way, as a result of which any civil transaction in Armenia can easily be classified as 'money laundering,'" she added.
She noted that, essentially, the illegal order is issued based on a one-sided report from a person under official control, without the opportunity to hear objections from other interested parties. Meanwhile, as Meloyan noted, authorities focused on national interests should have been posting videos today with gratitude and progress reports from the ENA. "Instead of manipulating, lower the electricity tariff," the legal expert concluded.
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