Second President of Armenia, leader of the “Armenia” bloc Robert Kocharyan; representative of the Supreme Body of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun political party’s Armenia Chapter Ishkhan Saghatelyan and leader of the opposition Reviving Armenia Party Vahe Hakobyan today met with their supporters in Sevan, as reported on the Facebook page of “Armenia” bloc.
According to Kocharyan, the number of Armenians emigrating from Armenia with no return has sharply grown in the course of the past few months. “In the past four months, the negative saldo comprised 80,000. These were the indicators in the early 1990s. This is referred to as depopulation. If everything is fine, why do people escape? This means they don’t trust the incumbent government. The only opportunity to change this situation is shift of power,” Kocharyan said.
Saghatelyan stated that Gegharkunik is one of the provinces of Armenia that became a borderline province after the war and is at risk because the enemy has reached the area near Vardenis. As far as not accepting the invitation of the acting Prime Minister to a debate, Saghatelyan said “Armenia” bloc has nothing to debate with a traitor and capitulator.
In his turn, Hakobyan emphasized that the residents of the Syunik and Gegharkunik Provinces need to be more aware and understand which political team is capable of solving the security issue.