He said that the goal of the resignation is to bring the non violent, velvet, people’s revolution to an end through holding early elections of parliament and returning the entire power to the people.
“Dear countrymen, dear people,
Proud citizens of the Republic of Armenia,
As I said before, I am resigning today as Prime Minister of Armenia
The goal of this resignation, however, is not to distance myself from the office of Prime Minister, meaning is not to escape from the responsibility that I have assumed before you, on the contrary - to bring the non violent, velvet, people’s revolution that we together carried out to an end, through holding early elections of parliament and returning the entire power to the people.
The roadmap for achieving early elections of parliament is the following: after my resignation the President of the Republic immediately accepts the resignation of the government, the National Assembly doesn’t elect a prime minister twice during the upcoming 14 days, which results in the National Assembly being dissolved and the President of the Republic calls early elections of parliament.
During this entire period of time Cabinet members will continue carrying out their duties, I will continue fulfilling the Constitutional powers of Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, that is to say I will continue being the guarantor of the people’s victory and if you give a vote of confidence to our political force in the upcoming elections in December, I will be re-elected as Prime Minister.
Certainly, many have fears and voice a question: what if parliamentary forces nominate another candidate for prime minister, are we indeed ready for this kind of a scenario?
I don’t even want to say, that the October 2 events showed that we are more than ready for any scenario, because not a single force can stand before the will and desire of the people.
But now I don’t even want to discuss any such scenario, because as much contradictions and harsh debates we were to have with a number of parliamentary forces, I can’t think that they have a goal and intention to act against the people and Armenia’s national security.
Parliamentary forces showed that regardless of all contradictions and misinterpretations, our state, its stability and security, are a red line for them, and I believe that they will never cross this line. Especially that both the HHK [Republican], the Tsarukyan bloc and ARF factions have publicly stated that they aren’t planning to nominate a candidate for prime minister or elect a prime minister.
I would also like to tell the representatives of the former National Ass...
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