On June 7, our people stood in line at the polling stations to remove Nikol. He did not stand in line to change the prosecutor. Nor to appoint a judge. And not, even more so, opposition mandates. The people stood in line for only one purpose, so that there would be a change of power in the country.
And now, any step of the opposition, whether it is to take a mandate or not, to appoint a prosecutor or not, should be based on the demand of the people to carry out a change of power. That is the political order of our society. The opposition did not receive another order.
Moreover, the demand for a change of power does not refer to the future. It refers to today. And if the start of the power change process is delayed for another two or three days, even more so, it doesn’t start at all, I assure you, the opposition will become more hated by the people than even Nikol’s government.
Political scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan
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