Political scientist Modest Kolerov said, “The events taking place in Armenia are your internal issues and it doesn’t affect Moscow.”
He added, “Whenever you want to hold parliamentary elections, you can. It has nothing to do with us.”
Modest Kolerov responded to the view that snap elections are necessary for the stability of the country and, at the moment, Armenia is not considered a stable country for its foreign allies. “That is also Armenia’s problem. If Armenia wants to commit suicide, then no one can stop it. What do we have to do with all of this? If Armenia wants to choose the path to instability, then I will consider that to be suicidal.”
When asked if he considers it instability that the parliament does not share the same attitude as a society, Kolerov said, “What does that have to do with the constitution? There is nothing in the constitution regarding the attitude of society. What is the parliament supposed to share? The streets? The voters for Yerevan mayor? You vote and decide, but I don’t understand the approach that the parliament does not accept the people’s movement or that it does not share the attitude of the people.”
Modest Kolerov continued, “Besides that, has anyone measured the attitude of society? Has anyone conducted a sociological survey all across Armenia since Pashinyan took office? Has anyone measured the people’s attitudes outside of Yerevan? It’s understandable that we can consider the Yerevan City Council elections to be a unique sociological survey at 81 percent, but I am referring to overall Armenia. Who measured the attitude of all Armenian society?”
Mariam Grigoryan
Zhamanak