Armenia ex-President Kocharyan: Not safe today even in Yerevan

YEREVAN. – We have publicized a program, we have presented virtually all the members of our team. We have knowledge, we have management skills, we have proved it in the recent past, and we are ready to take on responsibility now—in this difficult moment. Second President Robert Kocharyan, the leader of the “Armenia” bloc that will run in the snap parliamentary elections on June 20, stated this during a meeting with the residents of two districts of the capital Yerevan, presenting the message of this bloc.

After this bloc’s meetings in various communities and provinces in recent days, the former president pointed to the main issues that concern the Armenian population the most. “Today I can divide the issues that concern people into three groups: the issue of the safety of country’s borders and citizens; it is not safe today even in Yerevan. Deteriorating economic conditions—rising unemployment and poverty, emigration reaching enormous extent; and societal polarization—enmity is generated within the population, causing people to feel uncertain and uneasy. And this, in turn, leads to depression and pushes toward emigration. The current authorities are not able to solve these challenges because they are the source of them. The people are facing an important question: which political team is able to solve those issues? That team is our team, the ‘Armenia’ bloc,” the second President emphasized.

“Today, our teams already have the confidence that we work as the authorities—our work style, courage, the scale of events. Only the authorities can act with such extent and intensity and courage in the scene of Armenia. We [the ‘Armenia’ bloc] are the one who dictates and shapes this agenda today. We are on the right path, and we are going toward a strong Armenia,” Robert Kocharyan stated.

He added that the incumbent authorities’ actions in spreading lies and falsifications against him are extremely absurd.