Thursday, June 16 2022 13:57

ArmInfo. Over the past months, the resistance movement has achieved significant results. Ishkhan Saghatelyan, coordinator of the Resistance Movement, Vice-speaker of  the National Assembly of Armenia, stated this at a briefing on  Thursday.

According to him, as a result of the actions of the opposition, the  issue of the security of Artsakh and Armenia has become a priority  for the entire Armenian public. It also became obvious that the  citizens of Armenia would no longer put up with the situation that  has developed in the country; the people clearly stated that the  current government does not have a mandate to move the country  towards new concessions.  "The Armenian people have clearly made it  clear to the international community that they reject the policy  pursued by the current authorities," the MP said, adding that the set  goal aimed at awakening the people has been achieved.

In this regard, as Saghatelyan emphasized, the further maintenance of  the tent camp on France Square is inexpedient. According to him,  staying in it in 30-40-degree heat, the resource of the opposition is  spent.  Hundreds of people can be left there, but according to the  vice-speaker, the tent camp should become a hotbed of confrontation,  but not an end in itself. At the moment, he continued, the process of  modernization of the movement is underway and there can be no talk of  its failure. "Step by step, step by step, we will achieve a change of  power," the MP stressed, adding that talk about refusing to continue  the struggle is just talk. "We just took a timeout to expand our  movement," the MP stressed.

As Saghatelyan noted, 1.5 years ago, having come to power, current  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan spoke about the opening of an era of  peace, and yesterday, in parliament he stated that there were no  guarantees on the formation of this agenda, just as there are no  guarantees that Artsakh will not be part of Azerbaijan.  "He only  talked about ensuring the security of the inhabitants of Artsakh, but  there is hardly a sane person who believes in the possibility of  preserving the Armenian population of Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan.   Based on all this, the opposition will change its strategy of  fighting the current government", the MP said.

Saghatelyan also considered it senseless for the opposition MPs to  return to the parliament on the agenda put forward by the ruling  power. "If there is our agenda, we will go; if not, we will abstain,"  the Vice- Speaker emphasized.