Armenia is approaching decisive parliamentary elections - ex-FM

ArmInfo.  Armenia is approaching decisive parliamentary elections, the significance of  which is difficult to overestimate. Former RA Foreign Minister Vardan  Oskanyan wrote about this on his Facebook page.

According to him, a feeling of fatigue, disappointment, and  discontent reigns throughout the country, the result of eight years  of accumulated national upheaval, losses, various failures, and  uncertainty about the future. At the same time, these elections are  taking place in a new political environment, where a number of  serious and credible opposition political blocs have already formed,  distinguished by their programs, experience, and governing ability.  Individually or together, these blocs could secure a clear  parliamentary majority. In any case, according to the former Foreign  Minister, in this reality, the goal of the opposition and Armenian  society should be not only to prevent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  from achieving a simple majority, but also to prevent his Civil  Contract party from even surpassing the minimum threshold for  entering parliament.

"Ultimately, these elections are the embodiment of the real  sentiments of Armenian society into a clear political outcome. The  conditions for this are present: a dissatisfied electorate, a  disappointed, discouraged, and humiliated society, credible and  promising opposition programs for peace and development, and a  general recognition of the unacceptability of the current course. If  the collective opposition and voters act clearly and purposefully,  the result could be not just a change of power, but a radical and  complete political restructuring," Vardan Oskanyan emphasized. He  added that there truly is a wonderful opportunity not only to change  the government but also to once and for all close and erase from  memory a period considered the most difficult and humiliating for the  country, and to usher in a new era based on dignity, responsibility,  competence, and national revival.

As a reminder, parliamentary elections will be held in the country on  June 7.