The statement of the RPA executive body regarding the June 7, 2026 parliamentary elections and the political situation in the country

No elections were held in Armenia on June 7. election fraud took place, a pre-planned, centralized leadership and criminal action crowned by the direct intervention of the head of the administration aimed at usurping the will of the people.

Our party has consistently and principledly stated that these elections were being prepared under such conditions that deprived the electoral process of its free, fair and competitive nature from the beginning. Also, based on this deep conviction, the Republican Party made a decision with its participation not to give a veil of legitimacy to a process whose course and outcome were predetermined not by the will of the people, but by the pressure of the administrative machine. Nikol Pashinyan’s regime will not tolerate free and fair elections under any circumstances, because free elections are a defeat for him.

The day of the elections and the entire period before it completely confirmed the validity of our warnings.

We share the assessments of the June 14 joint statement of the opposition political forces that participated in the elections. Widespread use of administrative resources, intimidation of state and community officials, political prosecutions and arrests of opposition figures and activists, deliberate paralyzing of opposition headquarters, turning state and pro-government media into a discrediting tool, direct falsification of votes and distortion of polling station results are the links of a criminal program directed from one common center. This is not a series of individual violations, but a systemic election robbery carried out by the power of the state machine.

This criminal plan was completed by the Central Electoral Commission, which on June 14, by its decision, carried out an open usurpation of the 3/5 majority of the National Assembly in favor of the “Civil Agreement”, illegally refusing to organize a re-voting in three polling stations and thus depriving the “Prosperous Armenia” party of the opportunity to overcome the transient threshold. The official image that emerged is not the result of an election, but an open usurpation of power by the Communist Party.

All state bodies, including the law enforcement system, the Central Electoral Commission and the so-called independent bodies, have illegally served and continue to serve exclusively the interests of Nikol Pashinyan’s reproduction, deliberately not providing the legal conditions for holding truly democratic elections.

Based on the aforementioned, the Republican Party announces:

The official results of the so-called elections of June 7 are false, meaningless and do not reflect the will of the Armenian people.
The National Assembly formed on the basis of those results is not a representative body of the people, but a collection of usurped mandates, devoid of any democratic legitimacy. The Republican Party does not recognize the National Assembly formed in this way and the government created by it as a legitimate expression of the will of the Armenian people.

Nikol Pashinyan personally bears the political and legal responsibility for plunging the country into a deep internal political crisis and all its possible consequences.
The Republican Party calls on all political forces with national-state responsibility and every citizen to overcome differences and unite around one goal: to restore the usurped choice of the people and protect the statehood of Armenia.

We will fight consistently and uncompromisingly, solely with the power of the Constitution, the law and democratic principles, in defense of citizens’ electoral rights, the interests of the Republic of Armenia and the fundamental values ​​of democracy.

A rigged election cannot and will not become a source of legitimate power.
The republic was and remains our highest value.

Executive body of the Republican Party of Armenia
June 15, 2026, Yerevan

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On June 11 and 12, the Central Electoral Commission invalidated the results of the voting in 3 polling stations: No. 10/51, 35/65, 12/13, as a result of which PAP lost 213 votes.

Yesterday, on June 14, at the session of the CEC, the complaint presented by the opposition was examined, during which CEC Chairman Vahagn Hovakimyan announced, that the decision to invalidate the results of voting in 3 polling stations does not affect the results of the elections.

By the end of the day, it became known that the PAP did not overcome the threshold of passing the NA, the CP, “Strong Armenia” and “Armenia” alliance will pass the NA.

AIM leader Paruyr Hayrikyan according to him, if after what happened to the PAP, someone will not criticize the elections held on June 7 and refuse its results, they must admit that they are on the side of Nikol.

“What happened to the PAP can be considered a gift of providence and on that basis, a final juridical and political evaluation can be given to the “elections” held on June 7.

What happened with the PAP does not concern only that political force, just this one episode is enough for everyone to stand up and say calmly and with dignity that what happened was not an election, good luck to you.

I don’t give any advice myself, but I give a general assessment, what I have to say is what I said from the very beginning: as long as this government is at the helm, there cannot be fair elections under its rule.”– 168.amParuyr Hayrikyan said in a conversation with

According to our interlocutor, violating the constitutional law on parties is the same as violating the same Electoral Code.

“Everyone looks at all this calmly, because it didn’t happen to them, but I can’t look at it calmly myself. I think that with what happened with the PAP, we received a gift to calmly announce that the results of these elections are unacceptable,” added Paruyr Hayrikyan.

When asked what the collective opposition should do, Paruyr Hayrikyan answered that he personally knows what he can do, but he will not allow himself to advise others, but one thing is clear.

“In short, we are in a shameful situation. Everything comes from the fact that we looked down on the authorities who came to the arena with the statement “Reject Serzh” but stuck to Serzh Sargsyan’s Constitution.

Back in 2018, these authorities announced that it is not possible to have fair elections with this Electoral Code and Constitution. “The Italians shot Mossolini for such an Electoral Code and Constitution, and we live with this,” stressed P. Hayrikyan.

As for changing the Constitution and the question: the political force led by Nikol Pashinyan in the National Assembly will not be able to change the Constitution, what possible steps can it take?

“I have already announced that in order to get out of this situation, one should choose the shortest and most effective way, the public should take the issue of constitutional amendments into their own hands and follow this path. We have presented the project of these changes, which makes the RA citizen the master of his destiny, thus Armenia will become the most democratic country. At this moment, when all hopes are crushed, everyone should come back and focus on this idea. I do not have any ambitions myself, I am sending an open invitation to everyone to start a constitutional movement to radically change the marriage,” emphasized Paruyr Hayrikyan.

Let’s remind that according to the preliminary results of the nationwide elections on June 7, the “Prosperous Armenia” party received 4% of votes and was going to enter the parliament. However, the Central Electoral Commission invalidated the voting results of 3 polling stations, after which the PAP lost 213 votes and was excluded from the National Assembly. After that, the opposition held a protest in front of the CEC building, demanding re-voting or new elections.

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Artur Danielyan writes on his Facebook page. “I say again: all of you knew that the catastrophe was going to happen, but, deceiving yourselves, you hoped that we would pass. Now, self-deception doesn’t work either. For those who would like to avoid burying their heads in the sand, I will present a few arguments.

A few days ago, the government called a meeting. Representatives of almost all companies working in the field of renewable energy of the republic were present. The main topic was: What are we going to do when the gas goes out? It is natural that no joint solution was reached. The reason, as it is in all spheres, is the recklessness of government members. Those people are used to answering very complex problems with very simple “solutions”, doing everything twice and putting the blame on others.

And the problem is really very complicated. The graph below is the daily electricity demand graph. As you can see the consumption drops to almost zero at night, increases to a peak in the morning, then decreases in the afternoon and increases again in the evening when people get home (and this is not even considering seasonality). The difficulty is that solar energy production peaks at the exact moment when demand is falling. In other words, the sun provides electricity that people do not consume, which greatly burdens the grid, causing fluctuations, shutdowns and accidents.

For example, the productivity of a hydropower plant can theoretically be controlled. You increase the flow of water during peak hours and decrease it during the day and night. THEORETICALLY, it is possible to control the productivity of the thermal power plant and even the nuclear power plant, but it is not possible for the solar power plant. In the case of fuel, including gas, the problem is easily solved. If you need to heat, you turn on the gas, if you don’t, you turn it off. This cannot be done with solar unless there are storage plants, which are horribly expensive and still inefficient technology.

Since the country is ruled by a man with the curse of khaki-Midas, one can be sure that this problem will suffer the fate of all other problems: the khaki will be pushed to the bus. If the Greek King Midas turned to gold what he touched, what does this turn to gold: security, diplomacy, education, healthcare, finance, democracy…everything!

During the aforementioned government meeting, it was said that the Europeans would help financially to solve the issue. Meanwhile, for example, according to the 2026 budget, as of June 30, it was planned to attract a loan of about 1 billion dollars, but in fact -150 million (yes, with a minus) was attracted. In other words, no new money has arrived, but we have to repay the old loans.

This has forced our beloved bureaucrats to reduce their expenses by 15%, starting with stationery, ending with gasoline and foreign travel.

And the Europeans are not in a hurry to solve the problem, among other reasons, because there is no longer a legitimate government in RA. No one wants to spend billions in a place where the government that rigged the elections could collapse overnight.

Since the non-existent state will not solve this issue, I say to you again what I said a year ago: find batteries, generators. Solve your family problems. Do not eat milk, do not wait for manna. Don’t listen to the propagandists of the regime, the fakers and the dalbayobs from America who urge us to war against Russia and “peace” with Azerbaijan, they all have one thing in mind: their green card. They will not worry about the heating of your house, nor about the bread of your children.

And remember that energy is just one of the sectors on the verge of collapse and not the biggest one…”

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Azerbaijan and Turkey celebrate the 5th anniversary of the signing of the Shushi Declaration. On that occasion, “Yeni Azerbaijan” initiated an international conference in the occupied fortress city: “Regional contribution to global security. Peacebuilding in the South Caucasus”.

Address to conference participants in the message The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, once again noted that in Artsakh in 2020. 44-day war and 2023 on September 19-20, as a result of the “anti-terrorist operation”, they managed to “liberate their occupied lands and restore the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan”.

“Azerbaijan itself ensured the implementation of the resolutions of the UN Security Council, which remained on paper for almost 30 years.” he emphasized, adding that in 2025 The signing of the joint declaration by the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the presence of US President Donald Trump in Washington and the signing of the peace treaty completely changed the situation in the South Caucasus.

In this context, Aliyev continued. «The implemented “Zangezur Corridor” will connect the main part of Azerbaijan with the Nakhichevan region and will become one of the key sections of the “Middle Corridor”.

In other words, what was fixed in 2021 is being implemented. With the Shushi Declaration signed on June 15, there is nothing declarative here, but a clear plan of action.

Turkish-Azerbaijani Shushi Declaration and “Zangezur Corridor”

Let’s remember what are the points that gave Azerbaijan-Turkey relations legality, so to speak in the document and which ones have come true.

■ The parties will continue efforts aimed at strengthening stability and security in the Caucasus region, restoring all economic and transport links, as well as regulating relations between the states of the region and ensuring long-term peace. In this context, the special geographical position of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of the Republic of Azerbaijan will be taken into account.

■ The parties will strengthen mutual cooperationaiming to increase the competitiveness of the middle East-West transport corridor passing through the territory of the two countries. Azerbaijan and Turkey, using the technologies of intelligent transport systems, will further develop the transit-transport potential in the Azerbaijani-Turkish sections of the international transport corridors.

■ Sides are highlighted The opening of the “Zangezur Corridor” connecting Azerbaijan and Turkey and, as a continuation of it, the important contribution of the construction of the Nakhichevan-Kars railway to the activation of transport and communication links between the two countries.

■ The parties emphasize the leading role of Turkey and Azerbaijan in the implementation of the strategic “Southern Gas Corridor”, which contributes to the energy security of the region and Europe, as well as ensures the diversification of natural gas sources and routes. The parties will continue their efforts in a coordinated manner aimed at the effective use and further development of the Southern Gas Corridor. The parties, also taking into account the processes taking place in the global energy sector, express their intention to continue efforts in the field of electricity, activating the steps that promote regional cooperation in order to strengthen the security of energy supply in the region.

Are we not witnessing today the steps towards the implementation of the “Trump’s Way” for the Armenian side, and the “Zangezur Corridor” still called by the Turkish-Azerbaijani side, of course we do. Moreover, we are witnessing that Iran is trying to act in the South Caucasus not only as a security, but also as a transport and economic actor. And, as with us in the conversation Aram Shahnazaryan, an expert on Iranian affairs and political analyst, noted, “Tehran continues to treat TRIPP with reservations, but after the experience of the war, it pays more attention not to the complete rejection of the initiative, but to what kind of place and role it can have in these processes.”

As for energy security, this is a priority area for both Baku and Ankara, the importance of which is increasingly emphasized.

168.amthe had written that works are underway to connect the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan to the main energy system of Azerbaijan and to form the Azerbaijan-Turkey-Europe energy corridor.

In this context, it was informed that a high-voltage transmission line with a voltage of 330 kilovolts and a capacity of 1000 megawatts is being built, starting from “Jrakan (Jabrayil)”, and that in the next phase of the project, an additional 44 km long transmission line will be built, which will cross the “Zangezur Corridor”.

Rashad Mammadov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Turkey last year referred to Prospects related to “Zangezur Corridor” and report the following:

“As Nakhichevan has no land connection with Azerbaijan, we are currently supplying it with natural gas through Turkey, through the Tbilisi-Erzrum pipeline. Recently, the possibility of building a second pipeline has appeared. In other words, there is a possibility to build a gas pipeline from Zangezur to Nakhichevan. Thanks to this, it also becomes possible to build a pipeline from Nakhijevan to Kars, which will open new perspectives,” he elaborated.

Turkish-Azerbaijani security commitments according to the Shushi Declaration, where does it lead?

“Shushi Declaration” implies mutual military assistance and close military industrial cooperation. In particular, it is stated in the document:

■ In the event of a threat or aggression by a third state to the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, inviolability or security of the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan and Turkey, the parties will hold joint consultations to eliminate this threat or aggression. Or they will come up with initiatives in accordance with the principles and goals of the UN Charter, and they will provide each other with the necessary assistance in accordance with the UN Charter. The scope and form of that assistance will be determined during urgent discussions, a decision will be made regarding the implementation of joint measures to ensure defense needs and the organization of coordinated activities of the armed forces and command structures.

Joint meetings of the security councils of the parties on national security issues will be held regularly, where issues of national defense, regional and international security affecting the interests of the parties will be discussed.

The parties will continue joint efforts to reorganize and modernize the armed forces of the two brotherly countries in accordance with modern requirements.

■ The parties will encourage the exchange of personnel aimed at strengthening defense capabilities and military security. conducting joint exercises and military exercises, increasing the interoperability of the armed forces of the two countries. Azerbaijan and Turkey will support joint military exercises with the armies of other friendly states.

The parties will encourage the implementation of joint projects in the field of defense industry, support the implementation of joint research and production works, cooperation of the defense industry structures of the two countries in the field of military products and services in the domestic and international markets, etc.

We repeatedly detailed we have presented after the war, the role of the Turkish armed forces and the high-ranking military in rebuilding the Azerbaijani army and having an army of the Turkish model. Moreover, we reported that high positions in the Azerbaijani army are entrusted to the heroes of the 44-day war and those who know the subtleties of the Turkish army. The servicemen of Azerbaijan’s special forces are still undergoing special training in Turkey, we still put aside the Turkish influence on the separate unified army of Nakhichevan and the increase in the number of Turkish-Azerbaijani joint military exercises every year. Only for 2025, 30 military exercises were planned, as well as more than 70 conferences, seminars, courses, with an emphasis on adapting to the Turkish military model and increasing combat capability.

In these 5 years, the demand for joint military exercises with friendly countries was not ignored: Pakistan-Turkey-Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-Qatar-Uzbekistan, Pakistan-Turkey, etc.

As for the points of the declaration concerning the defense industry, we wrote that in recent years, Turkish military industrial companies started to establish subsidiaries, for example, in Baku, Ganja, with the aim of localizing production and reducing foreign dependence.

According to various sources, a number of large companies operating in Turkey, ASELSAN, ROKETSAN, HAVELSAN, TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries) and MKE (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation), have established subsidiaries in Azerbaijan within the framework of joint projects with SOCAR and the State Ministry of Military Industry. Moreover, Turkish specialists are involved in military educational institutions of Azerbaijan, and a number of universities have been established are Turkish-Azerbaijani technological laboratories, what else? Shushi Declaration it is in logic, where, as we mentioned, there is talk about the development of Turkish-Azerbaijani joint technologies in the field of defense industry, conducting joint researches, organizing productions.

It should be noted that, in addition to this, the document includes information exchange in the military sphere and cooperation in the sphere of military intelligence. That is, they can share military security information (secret, top secret, special importance) with each other and use this information during joint operations. By the way, changes and additions to the memorandum can be made at any time by mutual agreement of the parties.

Let us add that not considering Turkey and Azerbaijan enough Shushi Declaration, in July 2025 had signed Memorandum of Understanding on “Strengthening Mutual Military Security”.

In a separate point in the declaration, the strengthening of cooperation between the Turkic states is also mentioned, which we have witnessed in recent years, when there were even high-level announcements about the holding of joint military exercises and the creation of a unified defense system. And the Turkish side never once made it clear to Baku that their victory in the 44-day war, the “liberation” of Shushi, was the victory of the Turkic world, and the architect of this political project was Turkey, which took a direct part in the 44-day war, where they had their respective roles in the defense of Turkey at that time. Minister Hulusi Akar, who made important visits at critical moments for Azerbaijan, in detailwe have referred.

During the days of the 44-day war, Hakan Fidan played an important role in management  was the National Intelligence Service of Turkey (MIT), today he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, and not immediately after the 44-day war, he was awarded by the President of Turkey, Erdogan, in fact, also in 2020. for a mission in war.

 Pashinyan, an indirect third party of the Turkish-Azerbaijani Shushi declaration 

And the Turkish-Azerbaijani strategic document could not fail to refer to the historical facts related to Armenia.

■ The parties will encourage coordination and mutual support of diaspora activities to represent their countries and in conveying the historical truth related to the protection of national interests to the world community.

The parties, stressing that Armenia’s “groundless” (quotation marks – M.P.) demands against Turkey, attempts to distort history and politicize historical facts harm the peace and stability of the region, in this context strongly support Turkey’s efforts to open its archives related to the events of 1915, which push for the opening of archives in Armenia and other countries and the implementation of research on the subject by historians.

The parties will ensure the necessary public support for the important manifestations of the common values ​​of the two peoples, will carry out joint activities in the direction of the protection of historical and cultural heritage.

What is happening, the policy adopted by Nikol Pashinyan’s government to forget the genocidal acts of Azerbaijan and Turkey also stems from the Baku-Ankara Shushi declaration, that is, the current authorities of Armenia have indirectly made our country a party to this anti-Armenian document. Meanwhile, from this same declaration, we can assume that Turkey de jure and de facto supports Aliyev’s “Western Azerbaijan” political project, which is based on issues of human rights, protection of historical and cultural heritage.

Is there a guarantee that we will not record the implementation of this project arising from the Shushi Declaration, when all developments after 2021 have shown that nothing in the Shushi Declaration is declarative? Of course not.

In this context, let us remind that in February 2022, the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev signed in the Kremlin About allied cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan the declaration, in fact, this is not a false declaration from him either.

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During the current session of the government approval was awarded executive legislative initiative proposing to review excise tax rates for excise goods. As a result, the price of cigarettes, alcohol, diesel, gasoline will increase.

In particular, due to the expected inflation in the coming years, to index the excise tax rates of goods subject to excise tax, setting the coefficient of 3 percent for each year. It is planned to increase the excise tax rates on tobacco products by 7 percent each year, on heated cigarettes by 30 percent each year, on electronic cigarettes by 100 percent in the first year, then by 25 and 20 percent in the following two years, and on hookah cigarettes by 40 percent in the first year, then by 30 percent each year in the following two years.

Chairman of the Republican Union of Employers, economist Gagik Makaryani according to him, the government increased the excise tax due to several circumstances, it is also understandable why it took that step after the elections.

Elaborating, our interlocutor said:

«The government has a lot of expenses, I don’t connect them with these elections, they are more related to the subsidies given to exporters. If the product is exported in the volumes specified by the Government, a lot of money will be needed to subsidize the brand, for example wine, tomorrow – dry goods, vegetables, etc. The government made a decision to subsidize new markets and with quite interesting figures. One problem with costs is this.

The second circumstance is that I think that due to the course of the elections, now and after, and even before that, entrepreneurial activity could be in a certain state of waiting. In general, during all elections in Armenia, entrepreneurs and businesses are almost expectant. Accordingly, their investments or work volumes may slow down to a certain extent and they may pay less taxes.” of 168.am Gagik Makaryan said in a conversation with

Continuing, the economist mentioned another circumstance, the Russian sanctions, which can significantly affect taxes, because those companies that were supposed to sell their products in the prescribed volumes and pay taxes, those taxes will decrease, because many cannot sell at the prices they sold before, or will not sell at all.

“Evaluating all this, plus the costs it has in connection with the pension, pension, insurance system, etc., the government tried to overcome this cost regime by increasing the excise tax. Changing tax rates in the middle of the year is a little inappropriate, it can cause anxiety, mistrust, disturb investors and there can be complaints.

And why now, not before the elections, it is clear that before the elections, all this would not be advisable, because these price increases affect the expenses of ordinary citizens more, so their dissatisfaction should not be provoked before the elections, because the Government was taking a more positive step before the elections, by which it wooed the citizen. It was not advisable to take unpopular steps before the elections,” G. added. Makaryan.

According to him, except for cigarettes, which only hits the pockets of smokers, the remaining price increases will affect everyone, both businesses and citizens, as well as vehicles may become more expensive.

After the excise tax increase, those citizens who will not have the opportunity to purchase this or that product at a high price will have to spend less. A smoker should smoke less, use the vehicle less, or spend more on it from the family budget.

“I think that other products may also become more expensive, we can assume that there will be inflation in the second half of the year, or that the existing inflation will be maintained, that is, there will be no decrease,” emphasized Gagik Makaryan.

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In the “Pressing” program Satik Seyranyan The guest is Tigran Torosyan, Doctor of Political Science, former Speaker of the RA National Assembly is.

The main theses of the interview are below.

• With these shameful elections, the Communist Party surpassed itself in the sense that such “dirty” elections have never been held in the post-Soviet region. the government crossed all permissible and impermissible boundaries. There are many violationsn:ers, the shameful use of law enforcement agencies, the violation of the law and the Constitution, to the leader of the main opposition political force, Samvel Karapetyan, detention for a long time, external interference in all directions, etc… Unfortunately, Pashinyan gives a hand to everyone in the outside world, because he does everything that is asked of him.

• Yesterday, the Central Election Commission (CEC) summarized the results of the elections, announcing that there will be no re-voting in the 3 polling stations where the results were canceled. And today, a lavash text is being circulated on behalf of Vahagn Hovakimyan, which allegedly justifies this… This is hypocrisy and a crime, because it is written in black and white in the “Electoral Code”., that if the annulment affected the results, there should be a re-vote. 

Let us present the relevant article of the RA “Electoral Code”. 

Article 101. Appointment of re-voting of the National Assembly elections, annulment of election results

1. If such violations of this Code occurred during the elections that could affect the results of the elections, the Central Electoral Commission shall make a decision to hold re-voting in individual election precincts, if it is possible to correct the consequences of these violations. If it is not possible to correct these violations, then the National Assembly elections are declared invalid and a re-voting of the National Assembly elections is scheduled.

2. If during the re-voting of the National Assembly elections or during the re-voting in separate electoral precincts, such violations of this Code occurred that could affect the results of the elections, the Central Electoral Commission makes a decision to declare the National Assembly elections invalid and appoints a re-voting of the National Assembly elections.

3. If the Central Electoral Commission makes a decision to hold a re-voting in separate electoral precincts, then the re-voting is held on the 7th day after the adoption of that decision. In this case, the time limits defined by this Code for summarizing the results of the National Assembly elections are calculated from the day of re-voting.

4. No earlier than 15, and no later than 30 days after the decision on invalidating the election of the National Assembly comes into force, a re-voting shall be held in accordance with the procedure established by this Code and with the same composition of parties.

5. If the results of the re-voting of the National Assembly elections are declared invalid, a new regular election shall be held not later than 70 days after the entry into force of that decision. In case of a new regular election, the President of the Republic adopts the decree on setting the voting day on the 7th day after the adoption of the decision on invalidating the election of the National Assembly.

6. A new regular election is held with a new nomination and according to the procedure and time limits established for special elections.

• About 3,600 people voted in 3 polling stations. Isn’t it obvious that even if the voting results were repeated in those precincts in the same way, the PAP would pass to the Parliament? that opposition party had the minimum necessary 159 votes.

• There has been a violation in the distribution of mandates. In fact, if you cancel the vote, you are admitting that the military vote was interfered with in favor of the ruling party. But it is a fact that after the cancellation, only “Prosperous Armenia” suffers. that is, the mandates of the other parties neither increased nor decreased, and only the PAP was left out of the Parliament. In other words, the distribution of mandates took place illegally, and it is the result of elections. Therefore, there is nothing to guess, nothing to guess. The requirement of constitutional law is unequivocal:

• A crime has been committed by the authorities.

• Aren’t those 3,600 voters voters that their votes are being destroyed like that… Were the rights of those who voted for other forces not violated? Were not the rights of PAP voters violated? I am sure that day will come one day and those who are flagrantly violating one of the main laws of the land who today are committing a criminal offense by violating the balance of power in the main body politic of the country, will be criminally liable.

• When the elections are over, the process of preparing for the next elections begins the next day. Unfortunately, in Armenia, the next elections are being prepared 3-4 months in advance.

• The opposition part of this Parliament got a new opportunity. That’s his vote count, and that opportunity should be used. It is not necessary to enter into the agenda dictated by the CP, it is necessary to show the behavior of a mature political force. Mandates should not be given up. Giving up is the behavior of a weakling. After all, the people who voted for them voted for them to work:

• Those mandates of the opposition do not belong to any power, be it the government or anyone else, it has no right to take and give those mandates to someone else. Those mandates belong to the people, but we have already seen that this government is capable of anything, whatever you say, they can do… So we should take the mandates and do serious work in the Parliament. If there is mandate theft from the opposition forces in the Parliament, that’s it not only the given opposition political forces will be responsible, but also the people who elect them. Becoming a deputy is not only a right, but also a duty.

• In the CEC, there were requests to cancel the election results in general, but there was no request to hold a re-voting in three specific precincts. Of course, the “Electoral Code” already states that a re-voting should have been done, but I think there should also have been an application, and that would have made it possible to make the issue an agenda item. I am not saying that it would have 100% influence on the CEC decision, but first the society would know why it had to be done, besides, it could be an important argument in the Constitutional Court.

• Yesterday, a crime was committed in the CEC not only against the PAP, but also against the citizens and the state:

• I have always said that if we want fully functioning authorities to be formed in the country, we must heal the parties.

• It is necessary for the opposition to apply to the Constitutional Court. after all, the fight must be fought in all directions.

• If they don’t take the mandates and those places remain vacant, there is no problem for the government to commit another illegality and fill those places with their own and achieve their goals. And one of the goals of the authorities is at least obvious: changing the Constitution, Aliyev’s demand, which the CP cannot do in the case of this arrangement of forces.:

• As in the previous year, 2021-2026. During the 5 years of the Parliament, Pashinyan has no legitimate power.

• Those who do not go to the elections are the supporters of the opposition. After the previous elections, Nikol Pashinyan’s votes did not tend to increase in any way, but they did increase, even if it was small, by 4%. Obviously, this was done through an illegal mechanism.

• Influential states neither support nor appreciate CP. for them, today’s government is desirable because, contrary to its own national and state interest, it takes beneficial steps for those states. If we do not take a step, we should have nothing to expect from other states.

• In interstate relations, it is often the documents on the table that become the beginning of conversation, even when a new government has arrived and the content of those documents is not pleasing to it. Therefore, before the elections, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Armenia and hastily initialing bilateral documents was a disrespectful attitude towards the voters and citizens of Armenia. They could have waited and signed after the elections, but perhaps they also had fears about the re-election of this government. In those documents initialed between the USA and Armenia, the territorial integrity of Armenia is not respected, there is no mention of it. Those documents contain great dangers for Armenia:

• According to these arguments, the geological data of the territory of Armenia should be provided to the USA. it means that whatever America likes from here, it can take (as happened in Ukraine). In addition, the US has the right to conduct mapping in Armenia. Nowhere in those documents will you find any solution to any problem of Armenia. 

• One of the TRIPP documents states that the demarcation of Armenia should be done on the basis of Alma Ata’s declaration. This is hooliganism, because the borders of Armenia have nothing to do with the Alma Ata declaration, even more so, that declaration has nothing to do with this document. This was obviously done to please Azerbaijan: Not only does Armenia get nothing, but Armenia will be trampled on by both sides.

• These documents also violate the regional balance. We have seen what happened in Iran, no one can guarantee that the distant confrontation between the US and Israel will not be repeated even after the signing of an agreement is announced today, and the withdrawal of Russia from this region can be fraught with serious risks.

• For the implementation of the TRIPP project, not only the specific parts of Armenia are provided to the USA, but the land areas adjacent to them. In fact, for 49 years (with an obligation to review for another 50 years) everything is given to the US. No decisive factor remains for Armenia. Instead, they could have at least received the realization of the right of safe and guaranteed return of the citizens of Artsakh, but no: 

“The parties envisage that after the end of the initial 49-year term, the Shareholders will have the opportunity to extend the rights mentioned in Article 6, Clause 2 for another 50 years by mutual agreement. In that case, Armenia’s participation in the IDF should increase to 49%, and the extension of the term should be the only compensation for such an increase in its participation in the IDF. For Armenia, the increase in the ownership share should be the only compensation for the extension of the term of the IDF by the USA,” the document states.

• The greatest losses to states occur in peacetime with such vassal treaties. States disappear not during wars, but during so-called “peaceful” times, when they lose their vigilance, forget about their interests and lose everything. But I’m also sure that in our case, when working correctly, everything can be changed quickly:

• Russia is an empire and driven by imperial impulses. Armenia was part of the Russian Empire, the USSR Empire. There are connections, relations, and all this cannot be turned around in one day, let alone tell absolute lies with statements about joining the European Union. Not by adopting a law, nor by falling into the lap of dreams. you just have nothing to do with the European Union. The European Union has never talked about Armenia’s membership. 

• Aggravation of relations with Russia will not lead anywhere good. 

• The condition of the villagers is terrible.

Details in the video.

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