Did You Forget That the Prime Minister Apologized for 1996? Marukyan

“It is necessary to eliminate the names; the Prime Minister has first emphasized the phenomenon. He considers the individuals who obtained power undemocratically and those who faked elections as authorities posing a threat to the state. This is how I understood the Prime Minister's statement,” said Lilit Makunts, the head of the My Step faction, during a meeting with reporters on November 25, referring to Nikol Pashinyan's speech where he called all the leaders of Armenia since 1996 a calamity.

Edmon Marukyan, a member of the Bright Armenia faction, agreed with his colleague's opinion. He noted, “Did you forget that the Prime Minister apologized for 1996?” According to him, it does not matter who the country's leader is. If during those years Levon Ter-Petrosyan was the president and committed fraud to retain power, then it pertains to him. “There’s nothing surprising; it’s another matter that the ARF declares, ‘So why did you support him then?’ This can also be framed as having attempted to use evil against another evil for the sake of change.”