Armenian authorities have in recent months made Heritage Party’s informational blockade far more severe, not allowing Heritage’s views on the developments over the Armenian-Turkish relations and Nagorno-Karabakh to reach the public through television broadcast, said Heritage Party faction member Armen Martirosyan during the February 7 Parliamentary Week program.

“In addition, authorities made illegal decisions and took illegal steps, not allowing the people, with Heritage acting as mediator, to raise their voices from such authoritative platforms as the Council of Europe and the OSCE. As you know, the trickery organized by authorities hampers the activities that Heritage parliamentarians carry out in those bodies, activities which are beneficial for the nation,” said Martirosyan.

According to the Heritage Party MP, in an effort to hide their own wilfulness, the authorities have stirred up the usual hysteria against Heritage and have started to deliver “lectures about tolerance” and speak about “betrayal” and “anti-state activities.” According to him the authorities are doing this through media outlets which are “submissive” and ready to be of complete service to the authorities.

Martirosyan also mentioned that this anti-Heritage campaign is accompanied by calls to restrict the party activities of Heritage.