Monday, May 7 2018 16:46

ArmInfo. On May 8 Nikol Pashinyan will surely become the Prime Minister of Armenia, and will certainly face a lot of challenges. An expert of the Center for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus of the Institute of Oriental Studies  Andrei Areshev expressed such an opinion to ArmInfo. 

"Considering  Pashinyan's lack of experience in state administration  and his personal  team, it is still not completely clear how he will  cope with all this, while Pashinyan's natural political union with  Armenia's largest businessman  Gagik Tsaroukyan, nevertheless, gives  his slogans about the demolition of the oligarchic system is less  convincing. It is clear that today's and future tactical allies will  inevitably demand payment for loyalty.And in this light, it is very  important to prevent the transformation of the current emotional  euphoria arm retirement homes company in another bitter  disappointment, "the expert said.

Commenting the possibility of inter political course change of the  state, Areshev suggested that, considering non regulated Karabakh  conflict, an optional and pragmatic approach will be kept in Armenia  during any power from the point of view of the national security  strengthening.

All in all, the expert sees the reasons for the change of power in  Armenia in the extremely reckless policy of the former authorities,  the violation of Serzh Sargsyan's previously publicly announced  obligations, and also in his own hint of a possible repetition of the  tragic events of March 1, 2008. In this light, Areshev recalled that  he repeatedly expressed doubts about the expediency of reforming the  Armenian Constitution in connection with the transition of the  republic to a parliamentary form of government.

In general, the expert defines the recent events in Armenia as an  acute internal political crisis, caused by the burden of the problems  accumulated in recent years. Among them, according to his estimates,  corruption, a high level of social stratification and unemployment,  mass migration, the conscious line of the former authorities to  provoke mass apathy in the society and the belief that nothing can be  changed in principle.