"In certain issues people can come to a compromise but what compromise is possible with a person who led the country to a disgraceful defeat and disrupted everything?" the opposition candidate for the post of Armenia's prime minister Vazgen Manukyan has told Tert.am news portal.
"There can be no compromise with Pashinyan. He either leaves or not. i can see no other solution," Manukyan said.
As to snap parliamentary elections, the opposition leader stressed that holding elections at present is an absurd. He insisted that elections organised by Pashinyan will legitimize 'all disgraceful defeats' Pashinyan recorded.
"You see that Armenia is gradually turning into a police state. We were surprised to learn that all criminal cases are initiated through an employee of the Office of the prime minister. In this case what is the guarantee that elections will express the will of people?" said Manukyan, adding if tensions may rise let them happen and solve the issue. The only escalation for him remain the developments around Syunik.
"Aliyev sees that Nikol can be removed tomorrow and wants to get whatever possible while Nikol is still in power. Internal tensions are initiated by those serving the enemy's interests, the traitors of the motherland from one side and those devoted to the country. The there is a place for escalation let it happen," said Manukyan.
He once again stressed that there is no country in the world with a leader not willing to leave after the disaster brought to the country and even further escalating the situation with staying in power. "This is a war for the future of Armenia," Manukyan said.