Epress.am News from Armenia
Armenia’s domestic political climate is beginning to slowly wake up; developments are expected, said New Times party leader Aram Karapetyan, speaking to journalists in Yerevan today.
In his opinion, the developments “are going to approach the revolutionary.”
“There’s one subjective factor that’s not enough for developing revolutionary processes in Armenia now, and that’s the political moment,” he said.
The party leader noted that the forces sweeping Tunisia and Egypt are not political parties. “If I ask you now, specifically in Tunisia or Egypt, which political forces are pushing the movement forward, you could say the Muslim Brotherhood, but they’re not the leading forces.”
Karapetyan observed that neither is it the result of the influence of foreign powers that such developments are taking place, since in both Egypt and Tunisia, the outburst happened because of the people’s influence.
“In Armenia and other places, revolutionary processes today begin from the bad life [i.e. poor living conditions] of the people,” he said. According to Karapetyan, revolution in Armenia will take place below social, political and democratic slogans.