A rally dedicated to the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence was held near the building of the National Assembly. Public and political figure Edgar Ghazaryan touched upon Prime Minister Pashinyan’s address on the occasion of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in a conversation with journalists.
He noted that in the initial version of the address, Pashinyan specifically mentioned 1990 as 1991. “The mention of the number 91 in itself downplays the significance and idea of the Declaration of Independence. His entire speech was devoted to the fact that the Declaration of Independence is a document that generates conflicts, a whole set of stupidities and misconceptions. In the event that paragraph 12 of the Declaration of Independence states that the activities of state bodies must comply with the provisions of the Declaration of Independence,” Ghazaryan said.
According to him, Pashinyan, as the Prime Minister, is a representative of state power and, upon assuming office, took an oath to fulfill his obligations to the people, observing the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Armenia.
“It is not written anywhere that he must cancel the Declaration of Independence, adopt a new Constitution or leave the OSCE Minsk Group. It is written the opposite. He does not fulfill the obligations he has assumed before the people, but dares to violate the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Armenia and the laws.
His duty as an official is to implement the government program. If he cannot do this, he must resign. The body that restrains him is the National Assembly. The National Assembly decides who should be the Prime Minister and who should not. Therefore, we have nowhere to go except to gather in the National Assembly and demand that the deputies fulfill their duties. We have no other demands on the deputies,” he said.
Commenting on Pashinyan’s statement that if the people do not agree with him, he can make a revolution, Kazaryan said: “They arrested a man for cutting onions, and they tell us: ‘Make a revolution.’ We do not want any revolution. We want to live in a state governed by the rule of law, where there is a constitution and laws. And if you are the prime minister, you must fulfill your duties.”