Minister of Justice David Harutyunyan is not getting ready to subject
President of the Board of Supreme Qualifications (BSQ) of the Ministry
of Education Armen Trchunyan to criminal liability. Armen Trchunyan has
applied legal acts that have not been passed by infringing the law
entitled “About legal acts”.
Meanwhile, a couple of days ago, David Harutyunyan had sent an official
statement to Sergo Yeritsyan, affirming that the BQS functions
illegally and that it is “subject to criminal liability” due to the
fact that the application of laws that have not been passed is
considered “crossing the border”. “I don’t understand why there was
such rumor about that letter. I think the media made all the commotion.
The BSQ is not the only one that receives such written statements, but
also all the departments and bodies that apply the acts that are not
allowed to be applied. This is a usual thing and it is not something
new in our country,” said David Harutyunyan during an interview with
“168 hours” weekly. He added that other departments and governmental
bodies have received the same type of statements. “We have referred to
the law in the corresponding article of the Constitution in our
statement. That is a typical way of doing things and it is useless to
make up stories about that,” said David Harutyunyan. Many think that
the Minister of Justice David Harutyunyan’s statement/threat is tied
with the problem between the BSQ and press speaker Ara Saghatelyan’s
brother Armen Saghatelyan. The BSQ has not qualified Mr. Saghatelyan’s
thesis by claiming that it has been copied from the Russian author
Professor Bezirganov. In response to this, David Harutyunan said: “That
statement has nothing to do with the doctorate dissertation of the
given person. What we are stating is connected with the law. We are not
defending the individual, but rather the interests of the citizens of
Armenia.” In response to the question of whether or not this statement
has anything to do with the fight against corruption, D. Harutyunyan
said: “I will not say that that is true. Of course, it is a violation
but such violations are made in order to be eliminated. We created more
stability in the legal proceedings of Armenia than the other CIS
countries. That is why the BSQ regulations that can function in the CIS
countries require taking legal actions. We must not look for
manifestations of corruption here.”
In addition, years ago the BSQ did not qualify the doctorate by
President of the National Assembly Artur Baghdasaryan, claiming that it
had been copied from another author. In Artur Baghdasaryan’s case, even
lawyers claim that Baghdasaryan’s doctorate was really copied and in
case of need they can point out which author’s word has been “stolen”.
However today, when A. Baghdasaryan is president of the National
Assembly and Sergo Yeritsyan is the Minister of Education, there are
some tries to rank Baghdasaryan as doctor and qualify his copied
doctorate. But, according to sources, the statement written by the
Ministry of Justice is an obstacle that needs to be overcome. The
“Orinats Yerkir” political party is waiting for another occasion-better
yet, it is waiting for the time when D. Harutyunyan will no longer be
interested in researching.”