ArmInfo.I have never had any ambition or desire to occupy the chair of the Prime Minister of Armenia, , also because of my own principles. This was stated on May 10 at a protest rally in front of the Yerevan State Theater University by leader of the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement, primate of the Tavush diocese, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, commenting on the proposal of the former head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vartan Oskanian to become a candidate for the country's prime minister.
"At the same time, I have dual citizenship. I have never hidden this fact. I received a Canadian passport when I headed the Canadian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church for 10 years. This passport simplified my visits to different places on duty. But, for 11 years now I have been in Armenia, in the most difficult places.
There is a yellow newspaper, "Haykan Zhamanak", (owned by the family of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, ed. note), and so, it disseminated two news at once: "the first is that, according to their sources, criminal proceedings have been initiated against Bagrat Srbazan." I don't know anything about this yet. But just look at how the state operates, it acts through the newspaper, there are no other methods, since all institutions have been destroyed.
And second: "They say Bagrat Srbazan does not have the right to be prime minister, since he has dual citizenship. Hurray!", the head of the Tavush diocese quoted the headlines of the newspaper of the prime minister's family.
Next, he turned to the authorities and wondered why they were alarmed. "Why are you alarmed. Bagrat Srbazan is the spiritual leader of the Tavush diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, this is a higher calling than the chair of your prime minister," Bagrat Srbazan continued, talking about the history of Beethoven's famous symphony.
In this regard, he once again emphasized that he has no ambitions for the post of Prime Minister of Armenia.
"One (Nikol Pashinyan, ed. note) said that the people should write the Constitution of Armenia. This is another populism. And if suddenly, according to this logic, the people decide to have a presence in the Constitution, according to the same person, and decide that the person someone with dual citizenship can become the head of the government, what is your business then? That is, you will oppose the will of the people? Everything will be as the people decide, but I initially have no desire or ambition for this post. Everything will be according to the will of the Lord, and as the people say," Bagrat Srbazan, emphasized once again noting that there are principles that are difficult to cross.
However, he added that if it is the will of the Lord, if the people decide so and he receives the blessing of the Catholicos of All Armenians, he does not exclude such a development of the situation, but this fight of his is not for the position of prime minister.