ArmInfo. It is not at all clear what policy underlies the opposition forces' promises to save Artsakh from Azerbaijan and Armenia from Turkification, Davit Sanasaryan, Chairman of the Sovereign Armenia Party, said in an interview with ArmInfo.
"I can only assume that a policy toward joining the Allied State or, to an extent, integrating with Russia, is being implemented. In any case, Russia is playing its role in all these games - and not at all for mere participation. In any case, democratic processes are taking place in Armenia, and elections are not accompanied with frauds similar to those not long ago. And profound democratic changes in Armenia cannot, understandably, be in Moscow's interests," Mr Sanasaryan said.
In this context, he does rule out that one of the aims of the protests by the parliamentary opposition is to force Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan into remaining subordinate to Moscow, with a "contingency plan" of changing power in Armenia if necessary.
As to the reasons for the opposition forces' intensified activities, Mr Sanasaryan singled out the premier's recent "inaccurate" statements, which enabled the opposition forces to play on people's emotions and beliefs, claiming an imminent surrender of Artsakh.
"You know, the caliber of Nikol Pashinyan – or of any other person in Armenia – does not allow them to cede Artsakh to Azerbaijan. Once they attempt to do so, they will face such public discontent that they will 'regret the mistake.' And everyone will see a real revolution, not what is going on now. And however hard these people try to emulate our street protests, they will fail for the simple reason that it was the people, not parties, that took to the streets in 2018 – the people humiliated and robbed by the leaders of the present-day opposition. The people were defending their interests not those of clans," Mr Sanasaryan said.
He stressed that the righteous popular discontent with Armenia's premier and demand for his resignation after the defeat in the 44-day war met with the actions by supporters of Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan. In particular, most of the discontented prefers staying at home after seeing the "former ones'" activities. And most of the voters supported Pashinyan in the early parliamentary elections only to prevent the return of Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan.
"And now Pashinyan is making unacceptable statements on both Artsakh and Armenia, but people are not taking to the streets as they are perfectly aware that the cries about Artsakh, Turks and enemies are nothing but a struggle for power. And, in some cases, the reason for this struggle is those people's desire to not find themselves behind the bars," Mr Sanasaryan said.
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