Today, starting from a moment of the holiday, I get the same question from many journalists: have you heard the Prime Minister’s statement and what will be your reaction?

Since at that moment we were participating in the celebrations dedicated to the council of the day in Aparan, I promised to listen and respond later. I listened and honestly a simple human desire arose in me. in the near future, to have such a prime minister, whose wordings can be discreetly and meaningfully responded to, debated, presented with arguments, and counterarguments heard.

And now I ask my fellow journalists a question: how should I react to Nikol Pashinyan’s 2-minute monologue today? Can you suggest good options, I don’t mind.

We are talking about the program, problems, solutions, taking away, killing, hurting. We are talking about internal solidarity, he calls everyone a robber, spy, thief and bandit. We are talking about the agenda of moving the country forward, and what he is proposing is the same as 8 years ago: arrest, imprison, put in cages, etc.

I am sorry that this is today’s reality.

Iveta Tonoyan, speaker of the PAP president, deputy candidate

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