NEVERTHELESS, THERE WAS ONE GOOD THING THIS YEAR

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Head of the ruling parliamentary faction Galust Sahakyan believes that the most important event of the year was that Armenia elected a president who is dedicated, experienced and instills hope in the people.

“The events of March 1 are the tension and the approach that left a trace in our reality, especially since we had deaths,” Sahakyan went on to say.

Didn’t the events have anything to do with the most important event mentioned, that is, the presidential elections? In response, Galust Sahakyan said:

“The two have nothing to do with each other. One of them is the result of political processes, while the results of the other were determined by whim.”

Sahakyan expressed his great desire to pass a law on “chatterboxes” next year. As a rule, the ruling party doesn’t like the active role of the minority factions and it is foreseen that the bill is “targeted” first of all against “Heritage”.

“Galust Sahakyan could not have made an allusion to us because “Heritage” has never gossiped and obviously hasn’t made any decisions that would hurt our national interests and statehood,” told “A1+” head of the “Heritage” faction Armen Martirosyan.

Armen Martirosyan weighs the year as very bad in terms of elections and post-election developments.

“I oppose the declaration of a state of emergency; I don’t accept the events on the morning of March 1 initiated by the administration. I think that the reputation of our country went down due to the statements and decisions made by different notable international organizations and to wrap things up, the statement made by the PACE Monitoring Committee according to which Armenia will lose voting rights if political prisoners are not released by January 27,” said Martirosyan. He added that the year was also bad taking into account the developments of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the statements made by the OSCE co-chairmen and different international organizations, as well as the fact that Armenia’s positions and state interests are rather weak.

Nevertheless, there was one positive thing this year for head of the minority parliamentary faction:

“We really saw citizens fighting for their rights. We already have citizens with a state mindset who must stand up for their statehood.”