Predictions for a Republican Party-style change of power
Chairman of the New Times Party Aram Karapetyan believes that the Hovik Abrahamyan and Karen Karapetyan duo will be next to come to power, based on the speech by Serzh Sargsyan and the congress of the Republican Party of Armenia in general.
"They will come to power in a force-majeur situation and this, in my opinion, will take place by the consent of the Republican Party and Serzh Sargsyan. The only way to prevent this is through change of power," Aram Karapetyan said. However, according to him, there is no atmosphere for change of power.
"I find that we must prepare more seriously so that it won't stop. That is why I envision some courses. First, the people must be ready for that. Secondly, I don't see the unification of the forces that will lead the change of power to its final landmark and third, there is no political moment."
But this, according to Karapetyan, doesn't mean that the struggle should not continue.
"The struggle continues. The level of readiness of the people will be based on a couple of factors, including foreign and domestic policies and, most importantly, social-economic and this will all lead to the state when the people just won't take it anymore."
According to Karapetyan, the foreign factors such as the issue of Turkish-Armenian relations, the issues tied to Nagorno-Karabakh, the behavior of oligarchs and the future developments in the political field will contribute to that.
"This will all lead the people to a state from which the people will be ready to get out of and the only thing left is for the powers to unite and find the political moment. The people continue their struggle. March 1 can be called a democratic revolution," he said in closing.
