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ARF Supreme Council member Ishkhan Saghatelyan, one of the leaders of the Armenia bloc, on Tuesday slammed the charges against famous doctor, Armenia bloc member Armen Charchyan as “'fabricated” aimed at pressuring the opposition.

The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction is today hearing a motion to arrest Charchyan, the head of the Izmirlyan Medical Center, for allegedly forcing his employees to take part in the snap parliamentary elections and to vote for the Armenia bloc.

Speaking to reporters outside the court building, Saghatelyan said the doctor simply urged his employees to head to the polls as it was about the salvation of the homeland, denouncing the move to bring him to court.

He indicated the authorities thus attempt to intimidate the opposition figures. He dismissed Nikol Pashinyan’s “dictatorship of law” plan, stating he instead seeks to establish a one-man dictatorship in the country.

“He actually seeks to establish Nikol’s dictatorship, a one-man dictatorship in the country, but we will not allow it,” Saghatelyan said.

“We will fight against this regime by all possible means; nothing has changed in our approaches and attitudes,” he said, adding the reelection of the ruling party poses a threat to the Armenian statehood.