Neither the Government nor the National Assembly Can Decide Who Leads a Religious Organization

"Encroachments against the Armenian Church will land the Armenian authorities in serious trouble before international bodies. Neither the government nor the parliament can decide who leads—or does not lead—a religious organization, how advancement occurs, or which internal regulations are adopted. Commissioning a report and raising certain issues does not create any legitimate grounds for interfering in these matters or for enacting unconstitutional laws. That sort of thing might happen in neighboring Azerbaijan." — Anna Sargsyan in conversation with Anna Melikyan, a lawyer for the NGO "Protection of Rights without Borders."