ArmInfo.A rally of the Movement to Save the Motherland is taking place on Freedom Square in Yerevan.
Vazgen Manukyan, a single candidate for prime minister from the opposition Movement to Save the Motherland, reminded in his address that today marks the 33rd anniversary of the Karabakh liberation movement. Talking about the history of this movement and the successes achieved, he noted that the goal was to create a state where there will be no corruption and the rights of all citizens will be protected, and they have been moving towards this goal for three decades.
Speaking about the current situation in Armenia, he noted that after the velvet revolution everything that had been built by hard work over three decades was destroyed. "We have lost our statehood, our army has been crushed, Russia is ensuring our security. The economy has been destroyed, and corruption has flourished as well. We are slowly turning into a police state," Manukyan said, adding that in order to get out of the current situation, the current regime must be removed from the authorities.
According to Manukyan, only after the removal of this regime will it be possible to start the process of rebuilding the country, which will not be easy, but possible. "Our first step will be to restore the combat capability of our army, our security must be ensured by an Armenian soldier, not a Russian one. In addition, we will begin to restore our relations with our strategic allies - not only Russia, but also our neighbor Iran, as well as with China, '' he said, while expressing dissatisfaction with the fact that Armenia did not take part in the conference of the Anti-Turkish Coalition in Athens. In his words, instead of that, Yerevan made a statement about the absence of obstacles to the establishment of relations with Turkey. From the above, we can conclude, he continued, that Artsakh prevented them from establishing relations with Turkey.
At the same time, Manukyan is convinced that the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will not leave himself, even if 100 thousand citizens come to the republic's square, and therefore it is necessary to remove the points of support of this power (law enforcement agencies, pro-government deputies, etc.). He believes that rallies and strikes should overwhelm Armenia, only in this way it is possible to break the fulcrum of the current government, but at the same time be ready to seize power with a lightning strike. "We need unity, determination and honest people, patriots, ready to make every effort to restore statehood," said Manukyan, who also referred to the trilateral statement of November 10, 2020.
According to him, they cannot denounce this document, since this will be followed by a war, but there is a point that should definitely be changed, and this applies to the roads passing through the territory of Armenia, and suddenly turned out to be under the control of Azerbaijan.
Note that despite bad weather conditions, Freedom Square is almost completely filled with citizens.