From the materials and statements available in the public domain, it follows that the case, from August last year to June this year, was formed as a result of wiretapping telephone conversations or other covert investigative actions. This was stated at a press conference by the lawyer of the bishops and other detainees in the case of “attempted terrorism” Hovhannes Khudoyan.
“According to the statements of the Criminal Investigation Department or the Prosecutor General’s Office, since November 2024 this has become an illegal process. They themselves note that before that everything was legal, but since November the processes have become illegal. However, a logical question arises: if they were legal, then why were they wiretapped by law enforcement agencies? The answer is obvious. “Nowadays, any political process in Armenia is accompanied by direct and illegal interference of the state apparatus,” Khudoyan said.
According to the lawyer, these illegal interventions are especially widespread in the period preceding elections.
“I can say that all oppositionists are wiretapped. Now, within the framework of this case, according to them, having sufficient evidence of a crime, the National Security Service in March presented a report on the preparation of a crime.
“The events and actions themselves took place in June, which once again confirms the suspicions that these processes are not conditioned by criminal procedural goals, but are aimed at interfering in political processes or generating them,” he emphasized.
Recall that in the case of “attempted terrorist act” Archbishops Bagrat and Mikhail, as well as 16 other persons, were detained.