Authorities say opposition’s campaign lacks public support

PanARMENIAN
Armenia – May 5 2022

PanARMENIAN.Net - Lawmaker from the ruling Civil Contract party Vahagn Aleksanyan said Thursday, May 5 that there is no public demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Aleksanyan maintained that the general public does not join rallies and demonstration staged by the opposition. According to him, there is no political seriousness, although he said he respects the right of the people of Armenia to demonstrate.

In recent days, protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have taken to the streets to block major roads in the capital Yerevan and call on the population to commit acts of civil disobedience. Pashinian has come under fire after he and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev agreed to start drafting a bilateral peace treaty to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and set up a joint commission on demarcating the borders.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS