This is a battle… Choosing Nikol means the end of Armenia. Marine Petrosyan

If suddenly Nikol Pashinyan is re-elected, we will lose Armenia, and that is a very real danger. About this 168 TVof Revue said on the air of the program the poet Marine Petrosyancalling on people most importantly to go to the polls on June 7 and choose one of the opposition forces that have real chances to win.

“The victory of the opposition is very real, let me tell you. We have the bitter experience of the 2021 elections. We sinned then. I did not choose, but if the people chose, I say we. If we did not elect Nikol again in 2021, we probably would not have lost Artsakh, but if suddenly Nikol is elected again this time, we will lose Armenia. It is a very real danger, it is not an exaggeration,” said Marine Petrosyan.

The poet drew attention to the fact that Nikol Pashinyan, who had accused the Artsakh citizen of repeating Azerbaijani narratives the previous day, openly repeated Azerbaijani narratives during the campaign in Spitak yesterday, declaring the following. “Now in the Republic of Armenia, 90 percent are Armenians, never before were 90 percent Armenians.”

Marine Petrosyan sees a very clear danger of advancing the Azerbaijani line in the footnote of this speech. “It is Azerbaijan’s plan. It cannot be a coincidence. He is leading the line of Azerbaijan. What does this mean? I don’t know the reason: they scared me, they were interested in what they did. I don’t know the “internal kitchen”, but it is a fact, that’s why I say: electing Nikol means the end of Armenia, the actual dissolution of Armenia. They say don’t exaggerate. I am not exaggerating.

If you advance the thesis that Azerbaijanis lived in these areas, it is the central thesis of Azerbaijan, and if the candidate who wants to be elected as the Prime Minister of Armenia again advances this thesis, it means that he is serving the agenda of Azerbaijan itself. Nikol Pashinyan is implementing a plan»։

As an active participant of the 1988 Artsakh movement, Marine Petrosyan also responded to Pashinyan’s attempts to falsify the history of the Artsakh issue. “He cunningly uses a lie for this: he opposes the independence of Armenia to the Karabakh movement. That is the biggest lie… The Artsakh movement was an attempt to get out of humiliation, which succeeded. You are destroying the independence of Armenia, the Republic of Armenia»։

According to Marine Petrosyan, the Armenian society, the people, is under a psychological attack today, and in these conditions of information war and media terror, it is extremely difficult for the people to find the right direction.

“Let’s focus on the positive. If we managed to oust Nikol Pashinyan in these elections, and something new begins, how much excitement will arise and a new page will be opened. It is a really difficult task, but it is doable. We must realize that this is not an ordinary election, this is a great test. We lost the war, we lost Artsakh, but this is an opportunity… Of course, this is not a war, but it is something like a war. This is a moral test. For me, this is in the moral field.

This is an attack on us. they are trying to manipulate us. If we can endure it and if we can win these elections, the Armenian nation will show that its backbone is not broken, then a way will be opened for us. This can be a moral victory for us. Let’s take that victory because defeat is not a good thing. This is a moral battle for us,” the poet added.

Full interview in the video.

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