“After negotiations- to the streets” (video)
Stepan Danielyan, representative of the civil society of 4+4+4 format, is sure that during the negotiations Serzh Sargsyan will not make any concessions in connection with the publication of the signed voter lists. But the negotiations are necessary, “If there aren’t any negotiations, the ruling authorities will continue to claim that they are ready for concessions, but no one enters into dialogue with them.” He thinks that Serzh Sargsyan falsifies several hundred thousand votes through voter lists, he will not refuse it, but he also needs negotiations so that he can show that he is having a dialogue with the opposition and the civil society, “I think that those negotiations must be held, and the civil society and other opposition parties should only note that the authorities are not ready to make concessions over the key issues.” But after pointing out the uncompromising stance of the authorities, the opposition and the civil society involved in the negotiations must make the next step- take to the streets and demand the publication of voter lists in that way, “The question of coming to power will be solved not in the parliamentary elections of 2017, but will be solved during the upcoming months. If mass events are hold for that demand, and the society shows that it will insist on its demand, the question of the regime change in 2017 will be solved in the upcoming months.” If during the upcoming months the opposition isn’t able to force the authorities to add the publication of the signed voter lists in the Electoral Code, after the next elections, Armenia will have worse government compared to the current. In his turn Stepan Danielyan will add one more issue in 4+4+4 format negotiations, “It is a very important issue that the party lists are formed during the conference through secret voting with the participation of journalists. It is important so that in the parties the party members can get the power and not one or two individuals.” In any case, says the political expert, the negotiations are failed, the authorities will make cosmetic and trivial concessions, instead. After that the opposition must know what to do.
