Friday, February 12 2021 16:37

ArmInfo. The rally of the opposition ''Movement to Save the Motherland'' will take place on February 20. On February 12, the candidate for Prime Minister of  Armenia from the movement Vazgen Manukyan announced this to  journalists.

He noted that today representatives of the opposition forces gathered  to discuss the situation in the country.  At the same time, it does  not matter how many people will gather on February 12 - 50 people or  5 thousand. He assured that the rally on February 20 will be  large-scale. He recalled that today's meeting is his personal  initiative, which has nothing to do with the movement. The situation,  continued Manukyan, is getting more and more complicated every day,  as evidenced by the events in the Syunik region. Earlier there was an  impression that the authorities were paralyzed, and for this reason  the current events are happening in Syunik. However, now, the  oppositionist noted, it becomes obvious that another capitulatory  agreement has been concluded. "Let's add to this the ban on free  coverage of the processes taking place in the region, and much  becomes clear, there are processes that we do not know about,"  Manukyan emphasized, adding that the homeland is on the path of  destruction.

Speaking about the actions of the opposition in the conditions when  the authorities refused to hold early parliamentary elections, Vazgen  Manukyan recalled that the idea of holding them belongs to the  authorities.  The opposition insisted on the possibility of holding  elections only after the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan.  "Our goal  remains the same, a nationwide movement to force him to resign," the  oppositionist stressed.

Answering the question about the possibility of supporting the second  RA President Robert Kocharyan at the elections, Manukyan reminded  again that there will be no early elections. "Initially, it was  planned that I will be the interim head of government for a period of  one year, after which I will not take part in any elections," the  opposition representative noted, adding that the power of the current  prime minister is ensured via two or three enforcers, and as soon as  they leave, the power of the current prime minister will immediately  collapse. Every day, he continued, the number of people who are aware  of the seriousness of the moment is growing. "People come out of  shock after these blows, sober up and begin to understand what is  happening," the leader of the opposition movement stressed.