Arthur Vanetsyan intends to create his own party

ArmInfo. Former head of the National Security Service of Armenia Arthur Vanetsyan intends to return to politics and create his own party. Vanetsyan said this on  February 5 at a meeting with the editors of several publications. 

At the same time, Vanetsyan did not name the names of those who would  join the party, he said, he was negotiating with many people. "As for  ideology, we will discuss it at the founding congress of the party,"  the former head of the NSS emphasized.  Vanetsyan also said that the  party will unite people who are dissatisfied with the current  government, but who are not representatives of the previous  government. He also noted that the party will be center-right.  The  former head of the NSS noted that from now on he periodically intends  to hold meetings with media representatives.  It should be noted that  on September 16, 2019, Arthur Vanetsyan dismissed from the post of  head of the NSS of Armenia. After his resignation, he issued a  statement in which he stated that "spontaneous decisions, sweeping  actions, and the absence of differences between the primary and  secondary are not the path that leads to the achievement of goals."  After his resignation, the former head of the NSS several times noted  that there are a number of factors threatening the country's  security.

In his turn, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan criticized  this statement of Vyaanetsyan. During the press conference,  Pashinyan, in particular, stated that the words of the former head of  the NSS violate the officer's code, since he, being the former  director of the NSS, makes a statement, in fact, against his Supreme  Commander, and a more disrespectful attitude to the honor of the  officer it can not be. The prime minister compared the behavior of  Vanetsyan with the actions of the coup in August 1991. Pashinyan also  noted that this action can be qualified as throwing epaulettes in the  trash.