Thursday, July 28 2022 13:04

ArmInfo. By promising to return to Parliament with its own agenda this September, the parliamentary opposition must mean bringing the "street" agenda into Parliament,  Suren Surenyants, Chairman of the Political Council, Democratic  Alternative party, said in an interview with ArmInfo. 

"In other words, they will be demanding the premier's resignation in  Parliament. However, the difference between the street and Parliament  is that if you demand the premier's resignation, it implies not only  shouting, but concrete steps, such as impeachment. But this  opposition has no necessary potential," Mr Surenyants said. 

The very fact of the opposition returning to Parliament a year after  working there "with its own agenda" is rather absurd. Nothing less  can be supposed in this context than "returned" Ishkhan Saghatekyan  not any longer at the service of, for example, Robert Kocharyan. 

By and large, there is no united parliamentary opposition as there is  no parliamentary faction With Honor.  And the Armenia bloc is so  motley that it allows surprises to be expected this autumn, such as  its disintegration. However, the expert does not see any prospects  for opposition MPs' resignations.

"In any case, if the demands for Pashinyan's resignation will  continue to be accompanied with such slogans as 'no Turkification', I  do not see any special prospects for the re-organized parliamentary  opposition. With 'street pressure' lacking, the Parliament will not  adopt any statements or documents in favor of the renewed opposition  agenda this September," Mr Surenyants said.