MP Tigran Abrahamyan from the opposition With Honor faction has reacted to Nikol Pashinyan's statements made in an interview to the Public TV Company on Sunday.
"We have to admit that we have, in fact, failed the army-building work in the sense that the army must have met the challenges that existed around the Republic of Armenia,” Pashinyan said.
"In addition to again shifting the responsibility for the war outcome to the military, Nikol Pashinyan, in fact, reaffirmed that his government has nothing to do with the issue of army-building,” the MP wrote on Facebook on Monday.
“I think there are two reasons for it. First, Aliyev refuses to let Pashinyan to do that, constantly warning that he will consider it as revenge. Second, the military-political leadership of Armenia, even in case of a great desire, lacks the necessary political, professional and ideological abilities.
“After all, building and reforming the security system is not just about drafting a document. Therefore, Pashinyan came to tell us not to get our hopes up in vain,” Abrahamyan said.