“The movement was initially political, it is another matter what people understand under this word,” said the Chairman of the Asbarez Journalists Club in Gyumri, Levon Barseghyan, in Baghramyan Avenue in the interview with Aravot.am. He announced that the movement was never been a fight for the power. “From the public political perspective, this is an issue concerning social politics, likewise the education refers to the politics, let’s say, a 12-year or 10-year education, Bologna or, let’s say, Moscow. In this sense, there are people that are scared of this word: the politics, there are people who speculate this word deliberately, manipulating on them. Some of the protestors are addressing the public and stressing that it is not political, it is their personal belief. But I believe that this is an issue of changing the social politics. And if the resistance extends longer here, this will transform into a movement for the change of government, there are many calls, look carefully at the posters, calls, and you will see that the vast majority of the public believes that this is a government not from us and for us, this government should be eliminated”.
Levon Barseghyan believes that this is an in-depth political movement. “I do not mean that someone is inciting this from outside and inside, I do not know whether there are political forces here, there is no such thing. People have come out for the fair social demands, such demands were numerous, let’s recall the gas, the looting of the mines, the red lines, speedometers and many others when the public is plundered. Who plunders: the government, which seems to be serving us, but it does not? And eventually, it perhaps should grow into and if they extend a little bit, it will really grow into and they will say, hey bro, the hell with gas, water and electricity, they will saying, “Hey bro, leave this place.” Now it depends on how quickly their reactions will work, how quickly they will find a solution. This problem could have been resolved earlier, but perhaps it was told from Moscow, do not move unless we say you something.”
Ami CHICHAKYAN
