DO NOT play on the fear of our mothers. Arman Tatoyan

Arman Tatoyan, head of the “Wings of Unity” political initiative, writes. “Nikol Pashinyan is playing on the fear of mothers. I understand and respect the fear of our mothers. Armenian mothers have the right to be afraid.

That is why I say what I see. Nikol Pashinyan uses the fear of our mothers as an election tool.

But he does it not to protect mothers, not for the sake of our 18-19-year-old youth, but for his own reproduction. These are different things.

In fact, the real security threat exists, and its real source is not [only] the change of the prime minister, but the lack of legal guarantees, the unfulfilled decisions of international courts, the failure to follow them, as well as the agreements kept secret from one’s own citizens.

I have recorded the same thing for years as a human rights defender. fear is used to inhibit decision-making. This is not a personal, but a systemic problem.

Security is not one person and that one person’s rule. They are international mechanisms, treaties, parliamentary control, etc.
Armenia is a member of the UN International Court of Justice. The court decision is a document. I know how it works and how to get it done, but today it’s not happening.

The Armenian people do not deserve threats, but explanations. And not promises, but reasonable solutions that we will give.
We will give both explanations and solutions, not fears, but faith, relying on common sense, law, international mechanisms and the support of our friends.”

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