"We will cooperate with everyone on the issue of removing the authorities," Samvel Karapetyan said.
04-08-2026 15:55 Armenia Politics
azatutyun.am «Strong Armenia» alliance leader, Samvel Karapetyan, who is under house arrest, announced today that he is holding meetings with political forces as part of the unification process he has initiated.
«Almost every week there have been meetings with the main forces, we are discussing the path of our struggle,» said Karapetyan. When asked if he had met with the leader of the «Armenia» alliance, former president Robert Kocharian, Karapetyan responded negatively. In response to «Liberty's» question about which forces he is meeting with, what those «paths» are, and whether it has hit a dead end, Karapetyan only said.
«The opposition took the mandates, went to parliament to be part of the struggle, and we will fight in our own way outside. I do not want to limit ourselves to autumn or spring. We are doing everything through legal means; we will not lead our country into turmoil. We are doing everything that can legally remove this government. We will cooperate with everyone on the issue of removing the government.»
Billionaire businessman Samvel Karapetyan had announced on June 17 about the process of uniting opposition forces with the agenda of «removing Nikol Pashinyan from power.» Karapetyan, who had formed an alliance with two unknown forces during the pre-election period, later admitted that they had made a mistake after the elections. Later, Narek Karapetyan stated that discussions with extra-parliamentary forces are ongoing. No further details have been reported, and the leader of the «Strong Armenia» has not yet revealed how he plans to achieve a change of power. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan himself accuses the opposition of entering parliament through widespread bribery and calls on those who undermine legitimacy to take to the streets.
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