There can be talks about snap parliamentary elections when the incumbent authorities resign, after which a national salvation committee will be set up and will lead the country to new elections. This is what Merited Artist of Armenia Hrant Tokhatyan told reporters during the rally at Republic Square today.
When told that second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has declared that he will run in the possible elections and asked if people will unite around him, Tokhatyan said the following:
“Robert Kocharyan is highly experienced, and the country recorded economic growth during his administration, but later, there were major flaws, and perhaps this is the reason why we have the government we have today.”
Asked if he shares Kocharyan’s view that Armenia has turned into Russia’s protectorate, the actor said if things continue the way they are, it will become Russia’s protectorate.
Reporters also asked how he assesses the statement by the opposition Homeland Salvation Movement’s candidate for Prime Minister Vazgn Manukyan that the opposition movement will rebel if it doesn’t achieve Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation through the Constitution, Tokhatyan says he doesn’t support it, if it means rebelling with arms.