ArmInfo.Detention of the leader of "Make a step" initiative, MP Nikol Pashinyan was a surprise for us. On April 22, in Garegin Nzhdeh Square Alen Simonyan expressed this statement, board member of the Civil Contract party.
"Actually, the deputy of the sixth convocation of the parliament was kidnapped and nobody knows about its location, I am sure that the authorities do not realize the scale of what is happening, since after the so-called negotiations, about a specific agenda, namely, with Armenian President Armen Sargsyan, an agreement was reached that the agenda the meeting will be the resignation of Sargsyan - and the consent was obtained, then the authorities took this step. "The Armenian authorities understand that they are at a deadlock, and they think that by isolating Pashinyan they will be able to resolve the issue. They will not really understand the scale of what is happening, "Simonyan said.
And he added that spontaneous protests are going on all over the country, and he himself joined the action halfway. Simonyan also added that he does not know how Serzh Sargsyan will continue to lead the country after that.
The representative of the party also called for the immediate release of Pashinyan and the rest of the detained deputies - the top of the movement. He also expressed bewilderment by the fact that the authorities allowed themselves to abduct three deputies. "We are moving towards dictatorship with such actions, we are not Azerbaijan, Belarus, we will fail because of the persistence of one person to remain in power. You should not.How many you will arrest. And then what: This is a popular movement," Simonyan said.
He also believes that Serzh Sargsyan came to the Armenia-Marriott hotel for a meeting with Pashinyan in order to humiliate the opposition. At the same time, Simonyan stressed that they are ready to go on a dialogue on the already submitted 5 points.
Note that today at 19:00 on the square of the Republic will be an opposition rally.