The National Assembly will hold an extraordinary session on July 2 at 11:00. we learn about this from the written voting questions of the Government.

According to the draft decision of the government, the National Assembly is proposed to convene an extraordinary session on July 2, at 11:00, with the agenda set by the initiator.

From the justification of the project, we learn that the drafts included in the agenda of the regular sessions of June 16 and adopted in the first reading were included in the agenda, as well as the draft laws put into circulation by the Government, the National Assembly, which, according to the Prime Minister’s Office, the author of the project, “are urgent, because they are aimed at protecting human health, the environment, the basic regulations related to the creation and formation of the Ethics Committee of the National Assembly before the next convocation of the National Assembly, to further strengthen the values and principles established by the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia. approaches, public confidence in electoral processes increase and reduction of corruption mechanisms”.

Note that this is the comment of the Prime Minister’s office, but time will tell what urgent issues will be addressed in that session.

According to Articles 99 of the Constitution and 35 of the Constitutional Law “Regulations of the National Assembly”, regular sessions of the National Assembly are convened twice a year: from the third Monday of January to the third Thursday of June and from the second Monday of September to the third Thursday of December.

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The examination of the application submitted by 7 political forces regarding the annulment of the results of the national elections held in Armenia on June 7 has started in the Constitutional Court.

Should there be a street fight along with all this? How realistic is the generation of the street at this moment?

Designer, painter, sculptor Nurn at the moment it is difficult to say how realistic the street fight is, but I think the time of the street fight will come soon.

“The time of street fighting will come soon. In any case, it is not right to start a street fight at this time, because many people are outside in this season, you need to gather a large number of people in the street to succeed.

It seems to me that the opposition thinks that if they start the street struggle today, there will be disappointment again, which can lead to the fact that later it will be more difficult to start something again.” 168.amNur said in a conversation with

Our interlocutor believes that the street struggle in Armenia will begin in the fall and will eventually succeed. He also thinks that the opposition is deliberately doing what it is doing at the moment, because starting something and not succeeding would be worse than starting late.

Regarding the statements of the authorities to live peacefully, cooperate and trade with Azerbaijan, and to the question, as a designer, is he ready to cooperate in any way with any Azerbaijani designer, Nur answered that he is not ready to cooperate even with the current Government, let alone any Azerbaijani.

“In general, I do not collaborate in art, I am a solo creator. As for collaborating with the enemies, be it our government or the Azerbaijani, it is impossible and impossible for me,” the designer added.

According to him, if there is a war for human freedom, independence, dignity, and homeland, and there is peace without all that, then what do they choose?

“Should we surrender peacefully, can this question have two answers for someone in this country?” The declarations of war by the authorities are a very cheap and despicable blackmail that they are doing to this nation. As for peace, no one needs peace without a country, statehood,” Nur emphasized.

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The Constitutional Court examines the petitions submitted by the opposition forces with the demand to cancel the election results.

And Narek Karapetyan, number one on the electoral list of the “Strong Armenia” bloc in front of the Constitutional Court, in a conversation with journalists, in response to the question of 168.am, said that a meeting with extra-parliamentary forces will take place, without specifying which forces they are.

“We are in general discussions with them. And the main issue is the fight against polling of votes, which has led to the fact that today the government, having minus 50 percent of votes – 49 percent, that is, not having a constitutional majority, is trying to find an opportunity to reproduce,” he noted.

At the same time, when asked whether you will be able to overcome the disasters you mentioned during the pre-election period, Narek Karapetyan answered that today the authorities cannot hold a referendum.

“But if the CC finds itself in the supremacy of the law, we will also have the opportunity to apply the 3/5 restriction against the government. And in this case, the possibilities of the government will be very limited,” emphasized the representative of “Strong Armenia”.

As for whether or not to take the mandates, Narek Karapetyan said that in the days following the elections, almost the majority of the team wanted not to take the mandates, but later they had several discussions.

“I can’t say for sure that we already have a defined final path. In the course of time and as a result of the decision of the CC and planning our next steps, we will make a statement,” he said.

When asked if they have a road map around which they can unite the opposition forces, Narek Karapetyan repeated the problem of polluting votes, which is why Nikol Pashinyan’s government remains in power or tries to do so.

“We have to fight against pollination of votes, that’s what we want to talk about with the opposition forces. Of course, we must accept the issues related to the inconsistency of our steps and those of our other colleagues. We need to understand together which steps helped to say goodbye to this government later,” he said, adding that those forces who are not sure that they will pass should not participate in the elections if they want the change of this government.

Is the parliament an effective way to remove Pashinyan, Narek Karapetyan responded: the coexistence of the street and the legislator is the only way.

As for Samvel Karapetyan leaving Armenia if possible, he assured. “Samvel Karapetyan has long plans in Armenia.”

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The absolute majority of our society believes that the elections are rigged, and this is a fundamental problem.

After all, since 2018, the Armenian people have been told every hour that the threshold of rigging the elections has been overcome, and even against the background of many illegalities, corruption, political prisoners and extradition, at least it is possible to form a government through elections.

Now we have fallen back 30 years, when the vast majority of society no longer believes in the institution of elections.

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After the 44-day war of 2020, no special importance is given to the formation of the RA armed forces or the day of the Armenian army, so that there is no special “heroic” atmosphere in the country.

It’s not about empty toasts, nor about those events, from which those who fought for the defense of the army and the country’s borders were sometimes or often left out, but about the heroism of the Armenian army, individual officers, real life stories and not only that.

And for the first time after the change of power in 2018, the military parade organized on the Republic Square on May 28 of this year was mainly given a pre-election-city-propaganda background.

Any such event contains a political statement, but, as a Russian would say, it was “перебор”.

In any case, after the military parade, we tried to “tear” or “take out” the army from the pre-election environment and demonstrate an exclusively narrow professional approach, but the RA Ministry of Defense, its leadership, who are often “upset” by the fact that the opposition political forces approached the military parade exclusively from a political point of view, that they did not notice any positive things done, were not interested in us considering the military parade from a military professional point of view, because there were several clarifying questions.

The Armenian-American exercises “Eagle Partner” also ended a few days ago, we had a similar experience in this case as well, again we wanted to single out a good episode, but… In general, there have been many such cases over the years. We will not go into detail now, because it will be a separate reference, so let’s deviate a little from the topic.

Today, Azerbaijan celebrates the day of the country’s armed forces. The Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan emphasized in his address to the army.

“The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, considers military construction and defense issues a priority. And last year, the military parade dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the Victory held in Baku on November 8 was the result of the daily increase of our country’s military power and its display to the whole world.”

After that, Hasanov continued that the army should remain faithful to the constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan (it contains territorial claims against Armenia. – M.P.), strengthen its combat and morale-psychological preparation.

And the Azerbaijani propaganda machine “distributed” various propaganda materials on the occasion of the Day of the Azerbaijani Army, from which if we remove the toast and pathos part, we can also find some rational formulations.

First, the Aliyev regime admits “Conqueror of Karabakh” (“Conqueror/liberator of Karabakh”) under this military-political discourse for domestic consumption, before 2016, Aliyev started the purchase of new weapons, training of personnel, ordered to conduct military exercises to capture the “occupied territories” with the playing of episodes and operations. And, as the Baku propaganda machine notes, in April 2016, Aliyev tried to bring the new army, or the armed forces of his country following the path of the new army, into combat.

During the April 2016 war, the Armenian side managed to defeat the Baku super-problem with some territorial losses. And Aliyev for 4 years with new momentum prepared of the large-scale war that took place already in 2020. on September 27, as they say, the war started at the most convenient time.

Second, as confirmation of the first point, one of the Azerbaijani propaganda media in the context of the 44-day war in the editorial emphasizes: there are problems, which are solved by the soldier and the commander on the battlefield, and there are problems that the state must solve.

This is what we have written about many times after the war: the war is conducted by the state, the army fights on the battlefield, so the entire responsibility for the defeat in the war cannot be placed on the army, which is what Nikol Pashinyan did and is doing. That’s what we’re for to write Also, it should be clearly stated in percentage terms: what is the political leadership’s share in the 44-day defeat, and how much is the military leadership’s and the army’s, and if the army did not accomplish any task, how much is the political leadership’s fault, and how much is the military leadership’s and command’s?

Third, Baku’s propaganda machine, despite the above, also draws attention to an important circumstance: modern technologies, high-tech weapons should be emphasized, but victory depends not only on technologies, but also on the fighting spirit and morale of the army and soldiers.

Isn’t this the truth, and what did Nikol Pashinyan’s government do so that the spirit of the Armenian soldier, officer and commander is not damaged during the war? Are we not harming the morale and psychological state of the RA army after the war and until now, including by constraining, under-emphasizing and reducing the importance?

fourth, The leadership of Azerbaijan and the Aliyev propaganda machine once again state that today the Azerbaijani army is stronger than it was during the 44-day war, although the reforms in the armed forces began a long time ago. Yes, after the war, with the help of Turkey, the Baku army took the path of having a Turkish model army, which, perhaps, has not ended. Even today, new military units are being created in Azerbaijan, the number of special purpose or “Commando” units is increasing.

And the Baku propaganda machine gives an answer to this, stating:

“We “liberated our territory” and solved our military problems. And we are not planning to seize foreign lands. But it is not for nothing that it was said in ancient Rome“If you want peace, prepare for war,” because we live in a very troubled world… And, as in the past, so today, heaven is under the “umbrella” of swords.

It should be noted that in the analysis of caliber.az, which is close to the Azerbaijan Defense Army, for example, one can also find victorious episodes related to the Armenian army. In particular, the media wrote The casualties of the Azerbaijani side during the July 2020 battles There are 12 եղել՝ 12 soldiers, officers, that is, 3 times more than the Armenian side had.

We we wrote that Azerbaijan, in particular, lost its own during the July battles Chief of Staff of the Third Army Corps, Major General Polad Hashimov, as well as: 3Chief of Artillery of the 1st Army Corps, Colonel Ilgar Mirzaev and other officers.

Moreover, we reported that after the July battles, the mother of the Azerbaijani general Polad Hashimov had announced that in fact his son was “killed” by Kerim Veliyev, the current head of the General Staff of Azerbaijan, who was the country’s deputy defense minister at that time, that is, based on various motives, the military leadership of Azerbaijan sent Polad Hashimov to the place of combat operations, calculating that he would not return from there. Of course, Aliyev’s family “closed” Hashimov’s mother’s “mouth” with their special attention. And they demanded responsibility for their general during the “trial” in Baku.

About the resistance of the Armenian armed forces in the context of the 44-day war spoke also Aliyev, stressing not once that Karvachar, Lachin, Aghdam could not be taken by force, that there was strong resistance.

After the war, even specially from Azerbaijani military experts emphasize are the brilliant work of the Armenian artillery during the 44-day war, when Azerbaijan already had NATO-standard artillery at that time.

On the occasion of their Army Day, Aliyev signed decrees for posthumous and non-posthumous awards, as well as for 5 soldiers has been granted military rank of major general, moreover, 2 of them Gulmamed Tofik oglu Rzayev (chief of artillery) and Ruslan Dunyameddin oglu Aghasiev (chief of staff of one of the army corps) participated in the 44-day war of 2020, moreover, Agasiyev also participated in the April war of 2016 and the “anti-terrorist operation” in Artsakh in September 2023 participated:

Aliyev for his services awarded to one of the young generals, Farid Alibaba oglu Aliyev, who is currently the acting head of the Main Department of Military-Technical Supply (Support) of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.

By the way, on one occasion we wrote that high positions in the Azerbaijani army are entrusted to the heroes of the 44-day war and those who are familiar with the subtleties of the Turkish army, and that behind personnel changes in the Azerbaijani armed forces is standing Commander of the Ground Forces – Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant General Hikmet Mirzoev.

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Atom Mkhitaryan, dean of the International Scientific and Educational Center of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, expert in the field of education denies Nikol Pashinyan’s statements that the salaries of scientists have increased several times. says: there is a misunderstanding here.

“I am an employee of the NAS, my salary has not undergone any changes in the last 5 years. Moreover, the salaries of some scientists have increased, but the salaries of more scientists have also been reduced, because they will have to undergo some kind of grading.

There is an attestation procedure for scientists, as there is for teachers, and those scientists who pass the attestation, their salaries have increased to a maximum of 500 thousand drams. Many of them were also demoted because they were demoted, and many scientists left the system.” 168.am–Atom Mkhitaryan said in a conversation with

He emphasizes that the salary fund, which was allocated to the entire academic system 2-3 years ago, has remained the same because the number of scientists has decreased, and the salary of those decreased scientists has been redistributed among other scientists.

“Throughout history, the number of scientists is now the lowest: there are only 1,004 scientists per 1 million inhabitants, while in the Soviet years there were approximately 8-9 times more.

Good scientists go abroad to do the same work and receive several times higher salaries, while some scientists leave the system, go to the business sector or the public administration system, and the young people who replace them do not manage to replenish the ranks at the rate at which the seniors leave those ranks. This is the reason why the number of scientists is decreasing,” added Atom Mkhitaryan.

Talking about the total number of university applicants this year, the expert said that there are 0 applicants in all universities in 150 majors, this has never happened before.

“Compared to the previous year, the number of applicants this year is 500 more, but the results will show whether those 500 people applied just like that, or at least they have knowledge, because usually one of the 2 applicants is not accepted. We will know everything after the exams are over,” stressed A. Mkhitaryan.

Speaking about the future fate of the National Academy of Sciences, Atom Mkhitaryan said that the president of the National Academy of Sciences will become an executive position and he will be elected by the presidency.

“The sessions of the presidency will be chaired by the president of RA, Vahagn Khachaturyan, the presidency will consist of 11 people, 1 of them, who will chair those sessions, is the president of the Republic of Armenia. 2 more people will be appointed by the Government and 8 people will be chosen by the Academy from its composition. Then, those 11 people will elect the president of NAS, who will be the executive head. This is written in the statute of the National Academy of Sciences, in which it was stated that 6 months after the approval of the law, the Government must approve the statute of the National Academy of Sciences, this statute was approved on June 18, with a delay of 2 months.

The National Academy of Sciences was a system, now the presidency of the academy remains, and more than 30 scientific research organizations have been removed from the National Academy of Sciences system and are subordinated to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology,” emphasized Atom Mkhitaryan.

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