Armenian Government Confiscates Opposition Party Building

Events like this remind me why Armenia still has a long way to go before it is truly constitutional.

Meeting on December 28, the Armenian government ruled that a building erected by the opposition Orinats Yerkir (Law-Based State) party on Yerevan's Teryan Street on land owned by the state was built without official permission, Noyan Tapan reported.

The building in question and the ground on which it stands has therefore been transferred to the State Agrarian Academy. On June 10, the daily "Haykakan zhamanak"
estimated the cost of Orinats Yerkir's new building at $1 million.

So much for those fair elections, Robert. These dirty tactics are the unfortunate remainder of the former Soviet Union. Now that that "State" as a whole is gone, it is time to use them against political opponents.

Source: EurasiaNet