Robert Kocharyan: I left my post in politics in the firm conviction  that I was leaving forever

ArmInfo.The second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, resigned from politics in the firm conviction that he was leaving forever with the intention of doing  something more interesting, but had to return. He expressed this idea  in an interview with the RBK TV channel.

He noted that a sharp turn occurred in his life, as a result of which he had to start everything from scratch. "Today we have created a very serious instrument of  political struggle. A fairly good functional team has been created,  moreover, we are very well represented in the media field, quite well  represented on the Internet, we have fairly good positions in social  networks. That is, this is something without which the political  struggle in modern conditions is impossible. This process took us one  and a half to two years, "Kocharyan emphasized.

As for the question that the majority of the media in Armenia is  controlled by the opposition, the second president noted that this  opinion is exaggerated.

According to the second president of Armenia, the intellectual  potential of the country is mainly concentrated outside the  parliament and the opposition potential mainly consists of the  academic circles, as well as the expert community. "In this regard,  the situation is quite interesting. The opposition sufficiently  dominates the media, not because it pays for something there, but  because it is simply more interesting now, it is intellectual, and  creates a powerful component that is interesting. I believe that  people have already come out of the euphoria that was in 2018. They  began to think rationally, " Kocharyan concluded.

Kocharyan also noted that, of course, any head of state is concerned  over the question of a successor. He stressed that he thought that he  was leaving politics partly because Serzh Sargsyan was elected to the  presidency.

Kocharyan also noted that he was somewhat disappointed with the  policy of Serzh Sargsyan, especially against the constitutional  changes implemented in Armenia. Kocharyan noted that he does not  consider the parliamentary form of government suitable for our  country.

As for whether Kocharyan warned Serzh Sargsyan in 2015 about what  this could lead to, the second president said that then they had  "little contact". "In this regard, I publicly expressed my point of  view, but there were no personal conversations."

Kocharyan also noted that the processes taking place in Armenia and  Belarus are in many ways similar.  However, in his words, the  attitude of Western countries towards Armenia was different than  towards Belarus. "In fact, the Armenian government was much more  tolerant of dissent. RPA and the President of Armenia actively  cooperated with Western countries. Moreover, in our country there  were no political prisoners, beatings of journalists, or mysterious  disappearances. That is, in this context, the situation was  different. However, when this whole process began, the embassies  changed their position. Many of the revolutions that took place in  the former Soviet Union are similar to the technologies used, "the  second president of Armenia stressed.

He stated that the "rose revolution" in Georgia in 2003, the "velvet  revolution" in Armenia in 2018, the attempted revolution in Belarus  "stencil" are similar in the technologies used, but the basic  parameters in each country are still quite different.

When asked whether Kocharyan will participate in the next election,  if he has a similar opportunity, the latter stated: