Many people do not like the results of these elections, we all understand that there were falsifications, pressures, threats, use of administrative resources. With all that, there is a hopeful side: Pashinyan DOES NOT have the majority vote anymore. 1,476,597 − 727,160 = 749,437. This is the CEC data, without recalculation. The majority of voters, 749,437 people, are against his prime ministership, against his policies. It is a fact, a dry but very telling fact.

For me, this is an indicator that people actually want a change of government, people came to the polling station, actively participated in order for there to be a change of government. At the same time, it is a fact that a single political force cannot do this, there is no such force that can achieve it alone, so we must learn to work together, if, of course, the goal is to remove Pashinyan.

These days I have been approached by various people outside, most of them a little upset with the results, but persistent. I honestly say that I see the determination of the Armenian community to get out of this situation, it is really obvious that people do NOT want such an immoral leader, they don’t want that and that’s it. For me, Armenian people who like to think, reason, who love Armenia not with words, but with heart and deed, who do not accept a leader who can say that our entire fight was in vain, that Artsakh was “not our land” or to be proud of the war and ethnic cleansing, because it “liberated” us from Artsakh… people who reject this devaluation, those people are the majority, and this is the most correct and good impulse to all public and political forces, that we should give people strength, hope, not build politics on fears, that has tired us all, build on culture, history, national identity and our unique ability to stand up.

It should be understood that this fight is a civilized one. They want to convince us that the right thing to do is to live “in peace”, that we are useless and incapable, but in these elections, the Armenian community showed everyone that it does NOT want to live “in peace”, it is strong and does not surrender to the will of others even after such severe trials. This should be clearly understood and guided by this idea. The rest is a matter of time and technique. The important thing is to learn that a problem cannot be solved alone, there is no one who solves the problem for us, we are the ones who solve the problem, together, respecting each other, listening, understanding and moving forward.

Armenia is an infinitely beautiful country, it deserves that we continue our fight and struggle for its empowerment and standing up.

Azerbaijanologist Tatev Hayrapetyan

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