Friday, April 13 2018 20:38

ArmInfo. The initiative "Take a step" for 14 days of its march through the regions of the republic to Yerevan in protest of the future premiership of Serzh Sargsyan made  320 thousand steps. The leader of the movement, MP Nikol Pashinyan  stated this at a rally in Yerevan's Liberty Square.

"During these 14 days that we walked through the regions of the  republic and the streets of Yerevan, we saw poverty and devastation,  disappointment and hopelessness." In the eyes of the people we saw  hatred for Serzh Sargsyan and his Republican Party, these people  asked us to get rid of the ruling regime. It turns out that in this  case the RPA gets hundreds of thousands of votes even in bribes with  the help of bribes. And because the people are in captivity of Serzh  Sargsyan, he is broken and disappointed. The ruling regime treats the  people in the way they treated the Nazis in concentration camps but I  apologize to the people for leaving him alone with the mafia of Serzh  Sargsyan, but today I am determined, I will be with the people until  the last in order to get rid of him from Serzh Sargsyan and his  henchmen, "Pashinyan said, urging people also stand up and fight for  their rights.

Further Pashinyan included a record with Serzh Sargsyan's statement  from 2014, where he said that he does not pretend to be prime  minister in 2018 and considers it incorrect when the same person is  at the helm of the government three times in a row. However, the  people began to chant "Traitor, Traitor!", Drowning out Sargsyan's  voice, and Pashinyan's attempts to pacify the protesters to hear  Sargsyan's words again did not succeed.

"For whom the people of Serzh Sargsyan accepts, when after such a  statement he again claims for power, moreover, he privately  privatized the government dachas in the center of Yerevan where all  the leaders of Armenia lived, but none of them dared to privatize  them." Sargsyan, eastern sultan or Ilkham Aliyev's laurels do not  give him peace? "  continued Pashinyan, stressing that the  authorities treat the people as farm laborers, at the expense of  their labor illegally and permanently profiting. "Sashik (brother of  Serzh Sargsyan) is illegally entering the share of any business  project in Armenia, but I am confident that the people who have  liberated their lands from Azerbaijan will be able to liberate  themselves in their homeland," the deputy said.

He further stressed that Serzh Sargsyan is the most failed politician  of the third Republic of Armenia, since only under his rule the  Armenian side had territorial losses. "During the April war it became  clear what problems are in the Armed Forces, and only after the  territorial losses, the army and the border were equipped with the  appropriate equipment and weapons, but not at the expense of the  state, but from private donations," Pashinyan said, adding that the  people and the opposition must do their utmost to prevent Sargsyan's  return to power.

Pashinyan noted that over the past few days, three opposition  initiatives have consolidated their efforts to fight the Serzh  Sargsyan regime: "Give your heart to Serzh", "Take a step" and the  "For the sake of the state of Armenia" front. At the same time,  Pashinyan urged all other opposition forces to leave discrepancies  aside and come to the Freedom Square. He specifically appealed to his  colleagues from the "Yelk" bloc - the "Enlightened Armenia" and  "Republican" parties, which did not adhere to Pashinyan's shares. He  also urged them to come to Freedom Square and join the people.

Further, Pashinyan outlined the future strategy of the struggle: "On  April 17, we must block the building of the National Assembly and  prevent a meeting at which the voting on Sargsyan's candidacy will be  held." Tomorrow we must block the office of the Republican Party  where the RPA Council meeting will take place, at which Sargsyan  officially will be nominated for the post of prime minister,  "Pashinyan said, emphasizing that the fight should be non-violent,  even if violence is applied to the protesters. "You must remember  that among policemen we do not have enemies, but even if violence is  applied against us, we must unite and not allow to separate and  disperse us," the oppositionist explained.

He also promised that he would not leave the Freedom Square for a  moment and urged the people to follow his example. Pashinyan noted  that the fight would be diversified, up to the blocking of traffic  and buildings of various state structures.

Further, he called the procession to move to the French square and  block the street traffic on this site, and then descend along  Mashtots Avenue, in turn blocking traffic on various crossroads.

The police also issued a statement, stressing that until now did not  interfere in the situation, as the opposition's actions were  peaceful. She urged the opposition to once again adhere to peaceful  methods of struggle.