We must create a temporary government - Zaruhi Postanjyan (video)
Armenian lawmaker Nikol Pashinyan has offered Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly, Galust Sahakyan, to convene parliamentary hearings to discuss the latest events in Yerevan. “He [Sahakyan] did not seem to be so enthusiastic about the idea,” Pashinyan says. Nikol Pashinyan is angered to hear some people calling the members of the Sasna Dzrer group ‘terrorists.’ “Those who call them terrorists do not know the citizens of Armenia well enough. Any political figure will tell you that people in our villages, towns and cities are not interested in politics. They say ‘what are you speaking about? We must take up arms and fight! ’ It means a significant part of our population has become terrorists," he said. Nikol Pashinyan says that thanks to Serzh Sargsyan, the country has appeared in such a situation that many citizens believe that they can take up to internal challenges only by force. The Police must explain why and on what grounds they have detained hundreds of citizens in two days. “I am worried by the fact that only the National Security Service and the Police are speaking about the events in Yerevan,” he said. Zaruhi Postanjyan, another opposition lawmaker in Armenia, says the police are unable to control the situation in the country and are carrying out repression against citizens instead. “The author of these repressions is Serzh Sargsyan,” she says. The lawmaker thinks that Serzh Sargsyn should personally visit Khorenatsi street to negotiate with the hostage takers. “Our citizens should go out to the streets and squares, otherwise we cannot resolve the problem,” she said. At the same time, Zaruhi Postanjyan reminds that the demand of the armed group controlling the police unit for the third day coincides with the demand of Armenian citizens – ‘we all want Serzh Sargsyan to step down as the country’s head. “It is Serzh Sargsyn who has ordered the Republicans to remain silent and not to comment on the tense political situation in Armenia,” she added. “We must create a temporary government that will serve the future parliamentary or presidential elections,” Postanjyan said in conclusion.
