What Stage is the CC's Plan to 'Remove' the Catholicos?
The authorities are not retreating on the issue of the church and the Catholicos. The fact that the question of removing the Catholicos has been pushed to the background is related to the fact that the elections for the new leadership of the ruling Civil Contract party have become the number one concern for the authorities. There will be no retreat on the issue of the Catholicos's removal; in the near future, Prime Minister Pashinyan will once again begin his calls regarding the Catholicos’s departure, complete the work of the council formed by 'those who have read the Bible,' and specific steps will be taken.
The daily report mentions that Nikol Pashinyan already has a clear stance regarding the 'persecution' of priest Aram Asatryan and is prepared to support him in every way to elevate him to the Catholicos's throne. The entire ruling wing considers Father Aram to be persecuted by the 'previous ones' and cherishes him to include him in upcoming processes. He is the only cleric who disrupts the unified structure of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church and criticizes the spiritual leader,” the newspaper writes.