“Give us power”
Republican (HHK) MP Vardan Ayvazyan and chairwoman of the Social-Democratic (Hnchakyan) Party, which is part of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), Lyudmila Sargsyan presented their views on the HAK-authorities dialogue during a press conference.
Even though both say it is impossible to continue the dialogue, they blame each other for the freeze.
"Tigran Arakelyan's case was the only case that allowed us to conclude how ready the authorities are for mutual concessions and how much they trust the HAK. The HAK gave the authorities enough time, but that time is limited," announced chairwoman of the SDHK Lyudmila Sargsyan.
"Specify your arguments, and don't just say the HAK isn't continuing the dialogue because the authorities arrested Arakelyan. It's your problem if you speak of putting the dialogue on hold, discussing further dialogue and politicizing it when it depends on a person's existence in the field," said the Republican MP.
Vardan Ayvazyan mentioned that unlike Mrs. Sargsyan, he was not authorized by the authorities and couldn't make any statement on the end of dialogue. He said the authorities' objective was to keep power and advised the same to the HAK representative.
"Tell us you want power. That would be more sincere," said Vardan Ayvazyan and explained the difference between the authorities and the opposition. "The difference is that the authorities are working, and the other side is talking."
Lyudmila Sargsyan rushed and said: "Give us power, and we'll work," said the SDHK chairwoman.
