ArmInfo.Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan in the opposition ranks guarantee a failure of the opposition forces’ plans to have power changed in Armenia, David  Sanasaryan, Chairman of the Sovereign Armenian party, said in an  interview with ArmInfo.

“The three political forces active in the streets now could even  replace all the ‘former ones’ with ‘new ones’. But it will not  improve the situation. The very presence of Robert Kocharyan and  Serzh Sargsyan along with the ‘new ones’ makes the public feel  instinctive dislike for both, with consequent prospects for a change  of power in the country,” he said.  

Mr Sanasaryan is sure that it is the odious leaders of the protest  movement that make the public take up a clear stance on both the  protests and on the protesters – choosing between Armenia’s Premier  Nikol Pashinyan on the one hand and the Armenian Revolutionary  Federation (ARF-D) along with Robert Kocharyan’s and Serzh Sargsyan’s  supporters on the other hand. And the choice is in Nikol Pashinyan’s  favor.  

It is the political forces formed around the two ex-presidents during  the 44-day war that are creating the present domestic political  situation in Armenia, namely, having positive impact on Nikol  Pashinyan’s power. That is, their very existence is a present to the  ruling party Civil Contract and to the premier himself.  

“Thus, even now that the opposition movement has reached its climax  one can forecast that the street forces’ effort to cause domestic  chaos will fail. They are doomed to failure without public support  for the aforementioned reasons,” Mr Sanasaryan said.