If we evaluate the current situation in essence, it is obvious that the change of government has become a vital necessity for Armenia. 168TVof Revue expressed such belief on the air of the program political analyst Hakob Badalyanspeaking about Nikol Pashinyan’s recent statements.

Hakob Badalyan explains his point of view by the fact that Pashinyan actually declares that it is not enough for him to hold power with a simple majority, but he sets a new benchmark: “constitutional majority” in the National Assembly, and the question arises: why? Badalyan’s answer is that the current government of Armenia was given carte blanche and international support for this meaningless “peace” on very specific terms and for a very specific price, and that price will be presented after the NA elections and will be presented to Armenia, and this is what makes it very important to change the situation in Armenia through parliamentary elections.

The political commentator emphasizes that Pashinyan’s statement that “there will be a disastrous war if the “Civil Agreement” party does not get a constitutional majority in the parliament” is a simple blackmail to the public, which proves that they are convinced that the meaningless “peace” they have provided is not perceived by the public.

“People understand that they have not brought any peace, the situation has simply reached this point, at the cost of Armenia’s unilateral concessions, moreover, it was successful because it was accompanied by a change in the international situation, otherwise Armenia’s concessions would not have brought even this meaningless peace. They understand all this that they are going for blackmail, because if they saw that the society has the belief that they really brought long-lasting and stable peace, they would not resort to blackmail. They resort to blackmail because they see that people do not agree at all with what is presented by the government’s propaganda,” commented Hakob Badalyan.

He draws attention especially to the CP’s emphasis on the aspiration to form a “constitutional majority” as a result of the NA elections, noting that Pashinyan, in fact, is setting some other benchmark, not a simple majority.

“A simple majority, 51 percent of the voters’ votes, is enough to hold power, and you form a government without the need for a coalition, and in this sense, of course, it raises the question: why a constitutional majority, that is, holding power with a simple majority is not enough for this person?” The constitutional majority allows the adoption of constitutional laws, and here we remember what demands Aliyev has. In other words, this person still has to fulfill requirements and conditions.

The carte blanche of the so-called “peace” and the international support that was given to Armenia was given on very specific terms and for a very specific price, and that price will be put before Armenia after the parliamentary elections. This is what makes it very important to change the situation with the election of the parliament.

I do not make an absolute assessment here: whether force is good or force is bad, is Nikol Pashinyan a patriot or a traitor, are the other forces patriots or “governorists”? it is necessary to get out of those manipulations and assess the situation in its essence, and when we assess the situation in its essence, it is obvious that it has become a vital necessity for Armenia to change the government, but not only to change the government, but in general, to completely change the system of internal relations, to modernize the political and social systems, which must be done as quickly as possible.

This is a vital necessity for Armenia, the rest are manipulations, from which trap, I think, we should try to be as far away as possible”, emphasizes Hakob Badalyan.

According to the analyst, with his social media challenges, Nikol Pashinyan is trying to involve his main rivals in the upcoming elections, the opposition leaders, in a remote or direct “debate” and try to gain an advantage over them in his own style, as he invited former presidents to a debate on the subject of the Artsakh negotiation process months ago. According to Badalyan, this proves that Nikol Pashinyan simply does not have the opportunity to realize his advantage in any other way.

Full interview in the video.

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