VERELQ presents the most notable publications of the Armenian press.

“People” the daily writes. “The internal political situation created in Armenia seems to be showing signs of resolution. Yesterday, Serzh Sargsyan met the deputies of the RPA faction of the National Assembly. Then the head of the RPA parliamentary faction Vahram Baghdasaryan announced that on May 8 they will support the candidate nominated by 1/3 of the National Assembly to become the Prime Minister of Armenia. He said that the RPA intended to vote for a popular candidate for the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in favor of 

If we are honest, many do not believe that the RPA will hand over power easily and quietly. There are doubts that the opposition will not be able to collect the signatures of 1/3 of the deputies, 35 people, to re-nominate Pashinyan for the post of prime minister. It is true that yesterday they met the president of PAP Gagik Tsarukyan and Nikol Pashinyan. And G. Tsarukyan announced that his faction will support and vote for Pashinyan. Tsarukyan’s spokesman also claimed in the conversation with “Zhoghovurd” daily that the support also implies helping in the nomination of the prime minister by providing signatures.

However, there are persistent doubts that the 35 signatures will not be collected at the last moment. RPA will hardly find the will to hand over power. Therefore, they will try to drag it out for another short time by resorting to various provocations. And in the meantime, some of the deputies who are ready to nominate Pashinyan after the explanatory work will disappear for a few days, or simply leave the country, some for chronic diarrhea or cystitis surgery abroad, some will go to settle the geopolitical problems of the superpowers. But we must record. this will not solve the internal political crisis, but will deepen it. the popular wave will rise with a new momentum, this time to sweep the government to the end. God willing, these pessimistic predictions will not come true.”

“The Square” writes: “According to our sources, organizing extraordinary elections is not such an easy task in terms of time. “The Electoral Code is a constitutional law and requires the vote of 3/5 of the deputies, which is possible in the conditions of consensus. Will they be able to provide such a consensus? I think it is difficult. Then these changes must pass the expertise of the Venice Commission and other international structures. It is a time-consuming process, according to everything, it will last from about 6 months to 1 year.
In other words, autumn is the closest time to the elections, and during that time a lot will change both in political life and in the attitude of the people. Life will show the rest. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan should be able to solve many problems by autumn, including Karabakh. At the moment, he is maneuvering between geopolitical centers, we have to wait to see what results he will have in the fall,” said our interlocutor constitutional expert.”

“time” the newspaper writes. “The Russian side wants assurances from the new authorities of Armenia that the monopoly of Russian companies in at least three sectors will be preserved. We are talking about the monopoly in the market of gas and liquid fuel: gasoline, diesel fuel. Also, Russia wants assurances that it will continue to control such a natural monopoly as the railways, which has been handed over to the Russian state-owned RZHD company under concession management. Negotiations are still ongoing.”

“People” the daily writes. “Deputy of the National Assembly RPA faction Felix Tsolakyanthe move, when contrary to the decision of the faction, he voted in favor of the prime minister’s candidate Nikol Pashinyan, has become the subject of serious discussions within the RPA, and envy among some. According to “Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper, RPA generals and several other deputies expressed their regret that they did not act like Tsolakyan and did not vote for Pashinyan, thus finding themselves in an uncomfortable situation. Moreover, the MPs who wanted to vote for Pashinyan complained to the RPA elite, saying why they were forced to go against the people’s decision and become an enemy in the eyes of the public, and in the case of Tsolakyan, they could not get him to oppose it. vote Although, as our sources claim, forcing Tsolakyan is, to put it mildly, not easy. Moreover, the authorities have no documents against Tsolakyan, who has held a high position for many years, as in the case of others.”

“The Square” writes: “Yesterday, after the meeting at the Marriott, Nikol Pashinyan and Gagik Tsarukyan went out to the people together and made a statement. Tsarukyan said: “We met and discussed without preconditions, the victory belongs to the people, we will vote for the people’s candidate, which we did the first time, the second time, the third time… I want to say once again that our words are deeds. My being here will change the political situation, and that situation will take place on the 8th of the month. Everything will be fine whether they choose or not. There is no game against the people, the most important thing is that you have won. The whole world has joined us, everything will be fine.” Let’s note that Nikol Pashinyan left in time Levon Ter-Petrosyan from the team because the latter started cooperating with Gagik Tsarukyan, trying to implement a “bourgeois-democratic revolution”.

“People” the newspaper writes. “The situation in the Ministry of Defense is quite tense these days. It became known to “Zhoghovurd” daily that it has been a long time since the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan he stays at the Ministry of Defense until late at night with his deputies. Moreover, for several days now, his deputies, together with a number of generals, have been on night duty at the Ministry of Defense. Basically, the reason is the internal political situation in RA, and it also determines the specific movement of the enemy.

“People” The daily tried to find out the information from Gevorg Altunyan, the head of the information and public relations department of the Ministry of Defense. He said that “the minister comes to work early in the morning and leaves late in the evening, so he did not notice any change in his work schedule”.