The Council of the Elders of the Echmiadzin deprived from the title of Honorary Citizen of Echmiadzin Manvel Grigoryan, the former member of the National Assembly, the former President of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union, LieutenantGgeneral.

Acting Mayor of Etchmiadzin Diana Gasparyan mentioned in her the report that it was a false opinion that the Facebook users’ mood was the reason for this decision.

“The next criticism was that by such a decision we violated the presumption of innocence, but as a lawyer, I can say that depriving from the title of the honorary citizen does not have any legal consequences. The question is in the purely moral dimension, where the public opinion is also being considered. Also the arrest of a person shows that there is already a suspicion that this person may be involved in those acts,” Diana Gasparyan said.