ArmInfo. A change of power in Armenia is ruled out at the present stage. It is only possible in case a new political force is formed that would be able to establish horizontal relations with the incumbent authorities, political scientist Stepan Danielyan said in an interview with ArmInfo.
"The parliamentary opposition is splintered. The Armenia and With Honor factions have disagreements over a number of issues. Parties holding diametrically opposite views of the domestic political situation are in the opposition camp as well. Among other things, various control centers within the opposition are assessing the situation in various ways, implementing different policies," Mr Danielyan said.
In this context, he does not rule out some events in, for example, the Armenia-Turkey normalization process could happen the opposition is not ready to assume the responsibility for. So it is waiting until the incumbent authorities themselves complete the processes, after which the opposition will started working to change power in Armenia.
The opposition will not restrict itself to rallies and street act of disobedience. And the street actions must never become an end in itself. It is the opposition's political agenda and goals that are much more important. Without that the opposition will not resolve the problem of power by holding rallies alone.
"I do not think Armenia has domestic political life now, to saying nothing of rivaling ideas or anything like that. The same, however, cannot be said of foreign policy. Serious processes are now going on round our country, which accounts for Armenia's further steps forced on our state. And thee actual refusal of the Civil Contract faction to unseat the opposition MPs is most probably is the result of western influence – for the simple reason that such drastic steps could be perceived as anti-democratic ones," Mr Danielyan said.