“I say that the people of Armenia should have an alternative: to be a member of the EAEU or to be a member of the European Union. But I will not decide that. The citizen of Armenia will decide that, you will decide. My point is that you have alternatives, and you have those alternatives. Our colleagues who respond to this with threats, even if hidden, are acting against themselves,” the Prime Minister of Armenia announced during the pre-election campaign.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s latest statement that the Armenian people should have an “alternative” to be in the EAEU or in the European Union should sound to any person with common sense and basic memory as a signal of another pending national disaster. Because in 2018, the same person was whining in the public squares that he will not make any decisions behind the backs of the people, conduct any secret negotiations, and not cede an inch of land on the issue of Artsakh. And then what happened? At night, away from the eyes of the people, he signed the capitulation paper of November 9, and then recognized Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan without a referendum and without asking the people’s opinion. This is the same person who swore that there would be no “corridor”, but then went to Washington and signed the declaration on TRIPP. In other words, he once again lied, once again he cheated, once again he wrapped his own political incompetence and anti-statehood around the neck of the people under the name of “steel mandate”.
It is a fact that in recent years, the Armenian people have been living in an environment of political weeds and moral garbage heaps, where any ignorant and irresponsible person can present himself as a “defender of democracy”. Nikol Pashinyan’s entire prime ministerial biography is built on one principle: first lie, then present the defeat as the people’s choice. It is the same handwriting now. He says that the people should decide whether to be in the EAEU or the European Union. But a question arises. and which people? The same people, on whose behalf Artsakh was surrendered, on whose behalf the Armenian army was disbanded, on whose behalf historical memory, national value system, even the idea of statehood is being destroyed every day.
When you hear these statements of Nikol Pashinyan, you unwittingly remember the Russian liberal garbage heap of the 90s, the era of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, when the state, army, education, historical memory were destroyed in the name of “freedom”, “democracy” and “European values”. Now the same scenario is being implemented in Armenia. The difference is that Russia had the human, territorial and military resources to come to its senses, while Armenia does not have such luxury. Armenia’s statehood may not withstand another such “democratic election”.
The funniest thing is that Nikol Pashinyan is again trying to present himself as “the executor of the will of the people”. That is, if tomorrow Armenia leaves the EAEU, if the economy finally collapses, if the security system is completely destroyed, if Armenia turns into a puppet territory of Turkish-Azerbaijani projects, then the people will be the ones to blame again. They say the people chose. They said the same way in the case of Artsakh, they justified all the capitulations in the same way. This time too, the result will be devastating: this possible step with serious economic, security and political consequences may become the last nail in the coffin of Armenian statehood. Excuse me, but this is a sick habit of putting the responsibility of one’s betrayal on the people.
In the background of all this, it is particularly disgusting how various pro-Western sectarians – Tigran Khuzmalyans, Arman Babajyans, Styopa Safaryans, Daniel Ioannisyans, political bums living on Facebook Live, Syrian beggars posing with European flags – are trying to present leaving the EAEU as a “civilizational choice”. For years, those same people convinced the Armenian people that Russia is the cause of all misfortunes, that the umbilical cord should be cut, or that the West will come and save Armenia. And what did we get as a result? Artsakh does not exist, there is no army, there is no security, but, instead, there are Tiktok Lives, hearts, European forums and pointless photo shoots.
It is a fact that the entire ideology of Pashinyan’s government is built on anti-Armenianism. To destroy the historical memory, to devalue the victories, to make fun of the national value system, to turn the Armenian people into a consumer mass that only thinks about soap operas, tiktok, bloggers and political circuses. Because it is easier to control an ignorant mass. An educated, thinking and remembering society would never tolerate everything that happened in recent years.
Therefore, on June 7, every citizen of the Republic of Armenia must understand a simple truth. Each vote given in favor of the “Civil Agreement” party is not an ordinary political election, but a vote for the ultimate disintegration of the statehood of Armenia. And those who decide not to go to the polling station will actually support this destructive process.
Source: Armenian Public Tribunal
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