Founding Parliament member recalls the words of Jirayr Sefilyan
“It is no secret that institutions necessary for normal survival of a democratic country have not been operating in Armenia for a long time. Neither the electoral system, nor the judicial system work in the country,” says Vartan Hakobyan, a member of the Founding Parliament movement. He says the interests of the state - legitimacy and the rule of law, are not respected in the country and the aforesaid institutions today serve the interests of a small group, becoming servants of the clan system. “We have had many occasions to believe that even the slightest problems cannot be resolved in courts, if they conflict with the interests of the power usurpers. When people find the legal methods exhausted they try to bypass them,” says the conductor. Vartan Hakobyan says they have repeatedly said that the overuse of the state system, as well as the actions of the corrupt and criminal regime may result in a rebellion. “Jirayr Sefilyan has spoken about it repeatedly and warned the authorities that when people find legitimate ways exhausted they stand up for their rights and demand ‘with their feet’. There was no other way to restore legitimacy and sovereignty for our country than to start a rebellion. People have the right to resist, the right to rebel and the human race has passed through it,” he said. The FP member is not surprised at the reaction of the authorities as ‘they have never give an adequate respond to problems.’ “Instead of looking back on their path and reconsidering their actions they tried to strange the fury of people right from the very start by using unprecedented force against people, which, in fact, has always produced the opposite effect. " Vartan Hakobyan says only new elections can resolve the situation: it is necessary that Serzh Sargsyan resign and set up an interim government that enjoys the confidence of the people which will hold the new elections. “The government is the only force that is ready to hand over Artsakh. We shall either create our independent country, or disappear as a nation. People have appeared between internal and external enemies and they is only one way out and that way is victory,” he added.
