“All Robert Kocharyan’s speeches should with the following phrase, “I have made a mistake, and you should not. Serzh Sargsyan, don’t do it, do not let a political brigandage, do not allow them seize the property of citizens by taking advantage of public resources, ban the corruption, and do not act like me,” such opinion was expressed by the former Supreme Council MP Aza Arshakyan, in the conversation with Aravot.am, referring to the second President Robert Kocharyan’s interview to Yerkir.am. Robert Kocharyan, talking about the demand of the Quarter to give control levers to the opposition, said that it really could be a restrained factor against officials’ infinite appetite and unsubstantiated budget expenditures. To our question of whether he did not have the opportunity to give leverages to the opposition during his tenure, and to what extent he has used it, Azat Arshakyan replied, “People say, we begin to value things only after we lose them. He did not do it in his tenure and did it wrong. He did not form an opposition, he has not supported the opposition, he has not established a political organized environment. Indeed, he had not formed a political opposition, and now it is good that he regrets his mistake. The title of Robert Kocharyan’s interview should be, “I regret.” He must say, I’ve made a mistake, please don’t make my mistake. If it were so, and he had applied to Serzh Sargsyan and had said, “I had made a mistake, and you should not, form an opposition, do not allow racket, do not pulverize the state property, do not act like me, be better than me, I’ve made a mistake, and you should not do like me. Well, if it were so, I could applaud Robert Kocharyan. But, now, he is the true twin of this power, if not the uncle. He is the uncle of this power. Now what can to say, let him start from himself. The rest are nonsense. Who does not understand that you cannot extort? Who does not understand that corruption is a bad thing? Who does not understand that the public property cannot be wasted? There should be a competition opposition. Of course, we understand. They are elementary things. One can go to any seminar and hear all about it. Let him say something serious, let him say that he has done wrong. I am not interested in it. He regrets for his own actions. Should he had accepted his mistakes, I would say that the president said his word, because a president cannot be former. He is the president until the end of his life. His gravestone will read, R.I.P. President Robert Kocharyan.”
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
