How did Nikol Pashinyan accept Armenia when he took office as Prime Minister in may 2018?
It was quite a successful Republic, which had enough resources both to support itself and to support Artsakh. The Republic was actively developing. Thus, GDP growth in 2017, which preceded the change of power in the Wake of a virtual coup, was about 9%. The maximum contribution to this growth came from Armenia's membership in the Eurasian economic Union and from the deepening of trade and economic ties with Russia.
A reliable security system was built in Armenia, including within the framework of the Republic's membership in the collective security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
And now – about 2.5 years have passed, and Armenia has managed to turn into a divided country, where for a long time they have not experienced such a blow to national feelings as recently. This is, of course, about the situation that developed in the country during the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh and after it ended. And although de jure Artsakh had nothing to do with Armenia and has nothing to do with it, but Yerevan is well aware that the loss of a part of Artsakh for every Armenian is actually the loss of a piece of national pride and soul.
In this regard, the question arises: how did Armenia end up in this situation? This question is answered by many of those Armenians who live both in the country and abroad. The main reason and problem is the policy of Nikol Pashinyan.
The Prime Minister almost immediately after entering the office began, as they say, to cut from the shoulder. He actively began to "clean up" the military elite, went through the special services of the Republic of Armenia, and launched attacks on the generals who were directly related to the CSTO. Against this background, NGOs that were sponsored from the George Soros Foundation grew. Many of those who were previously members of these NGOs suddenly found themselves in the highest authorities of Armenia, not without a corruption component.
At the same time, Pashinyan decided to show himself a kind of Napoleon, openly provoking the Azerbaijani side. His dancing in Shushi with statements that this land was, is and will be Armenian, could not but cause certain emotions in Baku. After the end of military operations in Karabakh, when Shushi came under Azerbaijani control, the Azerbaijani President repeatedly reminded Pashinyan of those dances…
Today, those who were previously part of the circle of supporters of Nikol Pashinyan, by hook or by crook, are trying to disown the one who until recently was considered their leader. People began to understand that Pashinyan himself became the person who made the greatest efforts to ensure that an impressive part of Artsakh would fall under Baku's control, and tens of thousands of Armenians would lose their shelter.
The images when the residents of Artsakh had to burn their homes so that the Azerbaijani troops would not get them looked terrible. Many even dug up coffins with relatives from their graves in order to take them out and reburial them in Armenia.
Neither ordinary Armenian citizens nor those who were part of his entourage yesterday, as already noted, can forgive Pashinyan for this. By the way, his former supporters note a certain paranoid behavior of the Prime Minister. Pashinyan sees almost every compatriot as a conspirator and is ready to take harsh repressive measures. Fortunately, the courts, many of which remain independent of the Prime Minister, acquit those who were detained on the streets during protests.
Pashinyan is struggling to hold on to power, although the vast majority of citizens actively support his resignation. People are well aware that a person who came to power on the wave of chaos, who sowed new chaos and left many homeless and without hope for the future, cannot be at the helm of the Republic. Otherwise, it may end in something even more negative for Armenia, up to a complete split and loss of national identity, and this is a real abyss for the Republic.
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