Forecast: Major battles of Armenian people are yet to come

Former foreign minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, independent political analyst Arman Melikyan is sure that the major battles of the Armenian people are yet to come. 

Talking to ArmInfo, Melikyan said that the events that happened in Yerevan in the period from July 17 to 31 were not senseless and will have consequences. Expressing his deep condolences to the families of the people that were killed or injured during those days, Melikyan said he respects the decisiveness of the Armenian people to fight for justice.
The political analyst is sure that in the near future when the Armenian people will be fighting its major battles, the people and the law-enforcers will find themselves on the one side of the barricades.  Melikyan urged the authorities to set free the arrested composer Yeghishe Petrosyan, political analyst Andrias Ghukasyan and all those people that did their utmost to prevent bloodshed, as well as those who were jailed earlier for their political views. 

He blamed the authorities for criminalizing the actions of those people, which, as he thinks, will spark more protests.  

Earlier, the Police released a video showing the surrender of the members of the Daredevils of Sasoun who seized the police compound two weeks ago demanding resignation of the president and release of political prisoners. The group members were surrendering to the police one after another, with the process being brokered by General Vitaly Balasyan.