Samvel Karapetyan: Armenia`s opposition  must awaken  the people and  remind them of their constitutional rights

ArmInfo.Opposition forces in Armenia must awaken the Armenian people and remind them of their constitutional rights, as stated by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia party, at a press conference in Yerevan.

He noted that the Armenian people must make their choice in the  parliamentary elections on June 7. "For eight years, Armenian Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan has deceived the country's citizens.  Specifically, he promised to eradicate violence, create an atmosphere  of solidarity, ensure national unity based on law and order, uphold  the principle of 'all are equal before the law,' protect human  rights, encourage investment, and create tens of thousands of jobs.  He promised to prioritize Armenia's interests  in foreign policy,  maintain strategic cooperation with Russia as an important tool for  ensuring the country's security, remain committed to the recognition  of the Armenian Genocide, and finally resolve the issue of Armenian  political prisoners.  However, over these years, he has demonstrated  the exact opposite," Karapetyan noted.

Karapetyan expressed confidence that his party will succeed in  awakening the Armenian people, who in 2021 (early parliamentary  elections - ed.) simply did not go to the polls in an atmosphere of  fear and hatred towards Pashinyan. "Therefore, today, all opposition  forces must work to remind Armenian citizens of their constitutional  rights, so that in the future they will not blame either political  forces or politicians for their poverty. While the Armenian  authorities claim a poverty rate of 21% in Armenia, according to our  calculations, poverty in the country's regions has already exceeded  40%," Karapetyan concluded.