Friday, June 18 2021 14:22

ArmInfo.Candidate for prime minister of Armenia, leader of the <Azatakan> (Liberal-Ed. note) Party, former secretary of the Security Council of Artsakh, former  commander of the Defense Army, Samvel Babayan on June 18 at a press  conference, summing up the results of the election campaign, said  that he was ready to cooperate with any political force aimed at  constitutional and legislative changes that would establish clearer  rules.

So, according to Babayan, his party, acting under the slogan  "Protected and Strong Motherland", believes that, for example, the  ineffective fight against corruption is due to the fact that the law  provides appropriate "loopholes" and allows maneuver. "The reason for  our chaos is that the legislative base has no specificity - it has a  duality of interpretation," he said. At the same time, as of today, he does not see such a political force, as well as an obvious favorite  of the pre-election race.

Babayan touched upon the results of the last Artsakh war. He once  again noted that the peoples are not losing the war, but the current  government. "These people (the current government,  Ed. note) were  not in their place. War is a game of chess and it is won not by the  strength of muscles and the number of weapons, but by the presence of  brains. The main reason for Armenia's defeat is the leadership of the  military department," he said .

As for the transfer of a maps of minefields in exchange for Armenian  prisoners held by Baku, according to Babayan, Azerbaijan trades and  will trade the lives of people. And this, according to the former  secretary of the Artsakh Security Council, will continue until  Armenia, for example, decided to held the Azerbaijani military who  illegally invaded the territory of the Republic of Armenia, and judge  them as saboteurs or terrorists, as does Baku, and then try to  exchange them for the Armenians held in Azerbaijan. At the same time,  according to Babayan, high officials in the Armenian Defense Ministry  are not capable of this.

Meanwhile, as Samvel Babayan noted, in order for Armenia to be  respected and considered with its interests, it needs to build a  strong army. "The Armenian people must understand that no ally will  come to save us- our only ally is us," the former commander of the  Defense Army emphasized.  The pre-election campaign for early  parliamentary elections in Armenia started on June 7 and will end on  June 18 at 24:00. June 19 is a day of silence. The elections will be  held on June 20 from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, local time. To participate  in them, 25 political forces are registered - 21 parties and 4 blocs.