Forecast: Hiding any agreements from the people will not lead to  anything good. Neither Pashinyan nor the people

ArmInfo. It is high time for the government and Nikol Pashinyan personally to face the reality and finally begin a sincere dialogue with society. And not to engage in  populism and, claiming that the decisions are made by the people in  the country, in fact, make these decisions alone. A similar opinion  was expressed to ArmInfo by one of the leaders of the  social-democratic party "Citizen's Decision" Garegin Miskaryan.

"The late, unconvincing official reaction to yesterday's document on  the Internet suggests that the ruling force, to put it mildly, does  not control the situation. And the information chaos fueled by  Azerbaijan and supporters of destabilization within Armenia itself  further deepens the public's distrust of the authorities.  Against  such a background, I think the government should be aware that hiding  information, realities and any agreements from the people will not  lead to anything good. Neither for the government itself nor for us,  "he said.

On May 20, the son-in-law of former Armenian President Serzh  Sargsyan, Mikael Minasyan, stated that Pashinyan agreed to new  principles of demarcation and territorial concessions in exchange for  the withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops from the territory of Armenia.   In confirmation, he posted a tripartite document, which, according to  his statements, is at the stage of approval. Pashinyan, during a  speech in parliament on the same day, confirmed the authenticity of  the draft document published on the network, stating that he was  going to sign it, "since the agreement is fully consistent with the  interests of Armenia."

According to the politician, it is impossible to carry out the  demarcation and delimitation of the border with Azerbaijan, which is  so important for Armenia, in such conditions and in a similar  situation. At least at this stage and in such a rush. And,  nevertheless, according to Miskaryan, today all this is being imposed  on the Armenian leadership from outside. And if the latter fails to  resist this pressure, the border with Azerbaijan will be determined  on the basis of a document that is unlikely to correspond to the  interests of Armenia.

According to the politician, the illegal crossing of the state border  of Armenia by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the Syunik and  Gegharkunik regions, unfortunately, speaks of the inability of the  state to ensure the safety of its own citizens. And in turn, about  the inability of the CSTO to ensure the security of the member  states. The latter raises a number of questions, the answers to which  practically do not sound.  "The security situation is deteriorating  against the background of how our government continues to pin hopes  on the withdrawal of the Azerbaijani military from its own sovereign  territory to the CSTO.

Meanwhile, today it is more than obvious that this structure by any  means avoids fulfilling its own obligations to protect the interests  of its own member. In this light, placing Yerevan's hopes on this  ineffective and inactive bureaucratic organization only raises new  questions for the Pashinyan government, "he summed up.