How would you describe Armenia over the past ten years,
during the reign of Serge Sarkissian?
I swear to protect and preserve the constitution,
In 2008, Armenians took to the streets of Yerevan
to protest against the election of Serge Sarkissian,
Today will be the day our children finally have
a future, or it will be the day we betrayed them,
On March 1, 2008, security forces received permission
to fire into the crowd, killing ten people,
This tragedy marked the beginning of the reign
of Serge Sarkissian and the Republican Party,
We are now going to Armenia,
a small post-Soviet republic
which is difficult to adapt to democracy,
The Armenians were convinced that they
had no power, that they were powerless,
Serzh Sargsyan was the President of the Republic of Armenia,,,
,,,since 2008, During this period,
he promoted constitutional changes
who made the post of prime minister more powerful than the presidency,
What do you think his purpose was?
Do you think he said to himself:
"If it worked for Putin and for
Erdoğan, it can work for me,"
They decide everything,
We have no future,
They will continue to rob us,
To get a third term,
Serge Sarkissian tried to keep his ascendancy over the country,
Seen from the outside, it looks like yet another
attempt to usurp power by a corrupt leader,
There was a sense of hopelessness and pessimism,
As Sarkissian prepares to become prime minister,
voices are raised against the risk of dictatorship,
This is how I would describe this Armenia,
While Serzh Sarkissian reigns uncontested, the
country is plagued by poverty and corruption,
In 2018, he changed the constitution
to be able to run for a third term,
and become prime minister,
Republican Party deputies will elect Serge Sarkissian in 18 days,
1ST DAY
EASTER 2018
NIKOL PACHINIAN
My dear compatriots, I am in the region
of Shirak, in Vardan Square, in Gumri,
As I promised you,
today I will take my first step
against Serge Sarkissian's third term,
As we sat at the table, he said,,,
ANNA HAKOBIAN WIFE OF NIKOL PACHINIAN AND JOURNALIST
",,,I cannot sit idly by against his third term,"
Today I will be walking from Vardan
Square, Gumri, to Freedom Square, Yerevan,
I didn't expect him to say that,
but I had time to prepare myself,
Hundreds of thousands of citizens
will also head for Place de la Liberté,
So let's go,
I had another idea in mind, It was Mkhitar, a
member of the movement, who suggested doing a march,
I had studied the strategies employed by Gandhi,
and this was the occasion to implement them,
MKHITAR HAIRAPETIAN ACTIVIST
And the campaign had
to be called "My step",
How are you doing ?
Good,
I walk to Freedom Square, Yerevan,
The idea was that we would start by walking alone, and
then, at some point, people would start joining us,
This road does not go to Yerevan,
We chart our own course,
May God bless your steps,
We were aiming for the three major cities of Armenia:
Gumri, Vanadzor and Yerevan,
We had chosen to walk along the main roads,
in order to be visible, this
approach gave us free publicity,
Others have joined us,
And their steps became a symphony,
GUMRI - VANADZOR - YEREVAN
During the Soviet era,
corruption was everywhere,
My mother,
with the help of my grandmother,
managed to convince my father to pay my principal
so that I can become a truck driver,
During the school lottery, the principal told me to take a paper,
My slip of paper said "carpentry class,"
He gave me a wink and told me to shoot another one,
I couldn't contain myself and I exploded,
A 13-year-old boy was shouting at the principal
that corrupt people like him should be punished,
You could say that was my first rebellion,
It is clear that I am dealing with a mafia,
A mafia led by the Minister of the Interior, Serge Sarkissian,
He was a journalist,
LILIT MAKOUNTS ACTIVIST
He published articles, talked about corruption,
BRAVE AGAINST THE EUROPEAN UNION
We founded the newspaper together,
For ten years, the situation was difficult,
Serzh Sarkissian calls for the publication of the newspaper to be stopped,
He was persecuted for his political positions,
There have been assassination attempts,
He spent his political life in the opposition,,,
RAFFI HOVANNISIAN MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITION
,,,in the streets of Armenia, Someone very frank,
,,,Nikol Pashinyan,
“Raffi Hovannisian is the real president of Armenia,
But as usual, this election was
stolen," said Nikol Pashinian,
When Serge Sarkissian became president in 2008,
it was Nikol who inspired the protest movement,
Every day they steal hundreds of thousands of dollars
and humiliate us by throwing their crumbs at us,
And when the movement was suppressed,
in blood, it was Nikol they attacked,
After more than a year of hiding,
Nikol Pashinian has surrendered to the
authorities and will now be imprisoned,
I would put an end to Serge's regime with my own hands,
The struggle continues !
He cannot leave an injustice or a lie unpunished,
If that's what you call being an idealist, then he's an idealist,
Chalo, come here,
This dog has been following us since yesterday,
He stood guard all night,
I told him we needed an anthem,
That the revolution needed an anthem to
motivate us to march during these 14 days
and give us wings,
He said, "I'm going to write the anthem of the revolution,"
“Today I took a step,
I took a step today,
My path is filled with hope,
History is being rewritten,
I lost again and again,
I saw their lies,
But my will is steel,
They never broke it,"
When I saw what I had written, it gave me a shock,
Write these lyrics,,,
showed me that we were going to succeed,
I'm not alone, not alone, not alone
They walk and they walk and they walk
And in our eyes,,,
Hearing these words,
I started to wonder
how it was going to end,
,,,hope shines
GUMRI
My dear compatriots, hello, we are near Vanadzor
and will start our seventh day of walking,
We set off around noon,
Anna brought me some tea and with your permission,,,
And we arrived at our camp around 6:00 p,m,
New walkers have joined us,
We were cooking potatoes,
chatting with people from Yerevan
or surrounding villages,
NIKOL PACHINIAN
As the media ignored us,
we started using,,,
ARAYIK HAROUTIOUNIAN ACTIVIST
,,,social networks and Facebook Live,
We could see that people were interested,
We learned that Chalo
became famous in Yerevan,
On Facebook, Chalo was even more popular than us,
Chalo has become a star,
We could feel that something was going on,
I'm not alone, not alone, not alone
They walk and they walk and they walk
#MYNOT EXCEEDS TSOVAGYUGH
We hope to be numerous enough to be
able to surround the National Assembly
and prevent the election of the Prime Minister,,,
I wanted to create a situation where it
would be the citizens who would come
knock on the government's door,
When we were younger, it was difficult without him, but
now we know that it is for our future that he is in prison,
Dad, we're waiting for you so we can be a family again,
When I got out of prison in 2011, I felt like
everyone was expecting me to keep fighting,
That I should try to change the situation,
"You spent two years in prison,
you hid for a year and a half,
And now ?"
Don't lose hope, we'll get through this,
- We'll get through this! - We'll get through this!
former political prisoner,
Nikol Pashinyan and his allies got seven percent of the vote,
I'm a deputy,,,
While your families are getting richer, hundreds
of thousands of Armenians live in poverty,
They bought almost a million votes,
This government is run by oligarchs,
I felt like I was getting nowhere,
I was just talking and giving interviews,
I tell you, it's delicious,
Our favorite dish, baked potatoes,
Like Super Mario, we will overcome all challenges,
SUPER MARIO
I felt like I had betrayed my beliefs,
From revolutionary, I had become a conformist,
I had let Serge Sarkissian consolidate his power,
On Saturday, after the meeting of the members of the
committee of the Republican Party, we will present,,,
The name of our candidate for the post of Prime Minister
is clear, no other candidate has even been considered,
We were at the bottom of the abyss, we had a choice between drowning
or fight
with superhuman strength to rise to the surface,
LENA NAZARIAN MP
We were ready to give up everything,
We were ready,,,
ARARAT MIRZOIAN MP
,,,to no longer be classic politicians,
DAY 11
Free citizens of the Republic of Armenia, the time
has come to refuse Serge Sarkissian his new mandate,
Join us on April 13 Place de la Liberté,
so that together we can light the torch of freedom,
April 13, at 6:30 p,m,, Place de la Liberté,
Rather disappointing,
It was just a publicity stunt,
Because people got bored,,,
EDUARD SHARMAZANOV REPUBLICAN PARTY
,,,of the march of Nikol Pashinyan and Chalo,
It looked like a Soviet propaganda film,
They laughed,
They thought we were crazy,
that our march was ridiculous,
Do you have a brochure?
Wait,
People had seen how they got rich,
How the elections had been bought,
They couldn't take it anymore, They were desperate,
- Take a step, reject Serge! - Take a step, reject Serge!
Do you have a brochure?
Do you want to join Nikol Pashinyan's struggle?
I have nothing to say, God alone will be the judge,
It is he who will decide,
It does not concern me, Whether it's him or someone else, it's the same,
We won't answer you, We have other things to do,
After two weeks and nearly 300,000 steps, the
revolutionaries prepare to enter the capital,
There are four days left before Serge Sarkissian's election,
,,,and we want people from all over Armenia,,,
YEREVAN - 40 KM
We hoped that many people would
share our enthusiasm and join us,
,,,join us at Place de la Liberté,
Everything depended on the popularity of the movement,
on the number of participants in this first gathering,
YEREVAN
14TH DAY
To save Armenia, join us in Freedom Square,
Come and reject Serge Sarkissian,
I saw the photos of my friends and I said to myself:
"I have to go support them, I have to
be there, even if the movement fails,"
Because the people,,, There were very few people,
Liberty Square is full!
We were walking towards Liberty Square,
And people were telling us:
"There are people in the place, Lots of people,"
Reject Serge! Reject Serge!
But there weren't that many,
There are many pictures of us looking
grim, wondering what we were going to do,
We will do everything so that the number of citizens
present here can double or triple every hour,
every minute,
Hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand,
We were a dozen romantics
who had put their pragmatism
on hold to follow their dream,
We had believed that our romanticism was
universal, that people shared our dream,
But they had lost the ability to dream,
15TH DAY
The election will be held at the
National Assembly on April 17 at noon,
Our goal is to prevent the vote from taking place,
Do you think these events can be successful?
They continue the long struggle of our people,
Their despair was palpable, the hundreds of thousands
of people he had called to mobilize had not joined them,
Only two or three hundred,
We all believed
that was the end,
We had to get out of there, save face,
Anything was possible,
I didn't know what it was, but something was still possible,
We had to find a solution,
Students on strike! Students on strike!
Defend your rights, come to Place de la Liberté,
YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY
They had always pressured
students to avoid political involvement,
"Why go protest?"
DAVIT PETROSSIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST
"Think of your parents, They could lose their jobs,"
When water is held back, pressure builds up, and when
that energy is released, it devastates everything,
We knew what to do,
It was our first serious action,
A revolution without students? It does not exist,
DAVIT SANASSARIAN ACTIVIST
We ran towards the Maison de la Radio,
The government-run media did not report on what was happening,
There was this security guard who loaded his gun,
I told him: "Shoot if you want, I'm going in anyway,"
Take a step, reject Serge!
It was absolutely necessary that I enter the studios,
Keep your hands up,
Don't look threatening,
I would like to apologize to the employees of Public Radio of Armenia
for our impromptu visit,
,,,where representatives of the initiatives "Mon pas" and "Reject Serge"
came in to protest against,,,
When demonstrators ransacked the offices
of Public Radio, I became concerned,
RICHARD M, MILLS, JR, U,S, AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
The situation seemed explosive to me,
It was then that Nikol Pashinyan decided he would go all the way,
- Take a step, reject Serge! - Take a step, reject Serge!
Chess teaches you to be logical,
They cannot be played
without the ability to imagine a strategy,
SERGE SARKISSIAN
Chess is one of the fairest games in the world,
They teach us to lose and win with good grace,
That's why I love chess,
I already liked military uniforms when I
was a child, "soldiers' work", as they say,
It was my favorite subject of study,
VALERI OSIPIAN CHIEF OF POLICE OF YEREVAN
They trained us to shoot,
We had a shooting range and,
compared to other students my age,
I was the best,
17TH DAY
APRIL 16, 2018
Let the bus pass with the children,
He was the iron fist of the regime,
And he didn't care if his orders
were right or not, he carried them out,
In 15 minutes we'll start blocking the streets,
So stop in the middle of a street, any street, a busy street,
get out of your car and turn on your hazard lights,,,
With other activists, we planned
that our cars would break down,
People were called to tell them:
"You will block the Victory Bridge, You, the Avenue des Arsacides,"
We used our phones to communicate,
The authorities had wiretapped us,
At 7 a,m,,
I started getting calls telling me
that our cars were being impounded,
I understood that we could not carry out this action,
And as I was walking I saw a green bus stopped
at the corner of Bagramian and Moskovian,
It's time to hamper the operation of public transport,
I started running and sat
down in front of the bus,
Exactly,,,
Exactly this way,
Here, come sit with me,
As you see, I sat right in front of a bus,
In order to move forward, he will have to pass me,
I wondered what I was doing,
"You are the leader of a parliamentary group
and you are sitting in front of a bus,"
What's gotten into you?
Pardon, Serge Sarkissian,,,
I have a family to feed, Stand up,
Take good care of them,
I don't care who you are, Don't stand in front of my bus,
I am really sorry,
I know who you are, Let me pass !
- It's a political action, - Go block someone else,
Lie down in front of public transport!
Thousand excuses,
- Things will change, - Nothing will change,
Many things will change,
Come on, Nikol, all this is not like you,
And as they saw us on social networks,
people started to imitate us,
Block the streets near you!
Block the bridges near you!
Block everything! Stop your cars in the middle of a street
and leave them there!
I did what I could, Now, it is your turn,
If you're on foot, lie down
or sit in a group in the middle of a street,
Block the buses!
- Block the buses! - Join us !
Join us !
Block the buses, This one too,
Don't let them turn around, Block them,
Suddenly, the situation had become tense,
- I'm late for work, - It's for your children's future,
Much more tense,
We ask the citizens of the Republic of Armenia
to block all roads, to block all bridges,
to block all highways and come to Yerevan,
It is at this moment
that I've decided that I won't
listen to anyone anymore,
I knew we had to go to Bagramian,
Nobody expected it,
Bagramian Avenue is the seat of power, with the National
Assembly, the Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace,
Strategically, Bagramian is a dead end,
and the police there are equipped with military equipment,
We are the citizens of Armenia, no streets are forbidden to us,
We walked towards Bagramian
Avenue, and people were following us,
Join us ! Join us !
It is impossible to defeat the police on
Bagramian, even in theory it is impossible,
Join us ! Join us !
When I said that we had to pass without violence, they asked:
"How do you want us to pass without violence?"
Put your hands up, we'll get through their row,
"Open hands,"
Take a step, reject Serge! Take a step, reject Serge!
Dear policemen, let us pass,
When Nikol Pashinyan came towards me,,,
I didn't know what was going to happen,
I am Nikol Pashinian, I am a deputy and the leader of
the Alliance "The Exit", I have to go to my office,
- Only you ? - No,
- Any other deputies? - Lena Nazaryan,
- And ? - Sassoun Mikaelian,
- And ? - Ararat Mirzoyan,
- Only four? - A handful of police,,,
I will escort you,
,,,and the many citizens I will receive at the Assembly,
From experience, I knew there would be tensions,
but that things would calm down, and the
demonstration would eventually disperse,
- Citizens, who has an appointment with me? - Me !
I am a deputy,
- Mr Pashinian, we know that, - I have to go to work,
- Do you want to push through? - Not at all,
Go ahead, force the passage, No problem,
- Let us pass, - No, Mr Pashinian,
- Let me clarify something, - Get me up,
Wait, let me clarify something,
What ?
I'll let you pass, Wait,
Pardon,
Mr, Pashinian, stop, you will provoke a confrontation!
- I want to see, - I don't want violence!
Nikola! Nikola!
Do not do that !
For me it was clear
that we couldn't pass,
Everything happened very quickly,
"I'm going to die, but I have to pass,
It must,"
Dear citizens, because of the violence of your
actions, this demonstration will be dispersed,
It was the decisive moment, If I didn't pass, end of story,
If I didn't pass, then Serge,,,
No one could stop me,
If I didn't pass, then I could be arrested,
The explosion took me by surprise,
The grenade exploded at my feet,
A memory came back to me from my childhood,
Do you know what a carbide is?
When you pour water on it, it turns to gas and explodes,
We were filling bottles, We closed them,
And after a while, they would explode,
It amused us,
Once, while we were doing this,
I approached, and the bottle exploded in my face,
I ran to the mirror
and saw that I had no scratches,
Not a single piece of glass had touched me,
I am hurt ?
Are you hurt ? How do you feel ?
The hand, I was injured in the hand and in the face
by the explosion of a stun grenade,
Will you continue to protest?
Yes,
Mr, Pashinian, can we come with you?
Yes, go up if you want,
- Are people watching? - Oh yes,
My wife keeps me posted, She told me you were hurt,
She'll be surprised to see me,
People wave to Mr, Pashinian,
Couldn't we outrun them?
It was the drop of water that broke the camel's back,
It broke the illusion, which all optimists harbored,
that Mr Sarkissian would eventually give up,
this terrible idea,
Nikola! Nikola!
My dear fellow citizens, I love you,
Dear fellow citizens, today was a great day in
Yerevan and in all the cities of the republic,
I ask you all to take to the
streets of Armenia tomorrow,
to block all roads, to block all highways,
On the day of Serge Sarkissian's election,
the demonstrators are unable to prevent
Republicans to go to the Assembly,
Voting is about to begin,
18TH DAY
What are you doing here,
instead of France?
Excuse me, I'm busy,
- Mr, Sharmazanov? - Yes ?
Why don't you gather thousands of supporters?
Because this is not an election campaign,
We will not leave, Do what you want,
Attack us, Beat us,
It's not our intention,
We won't let you, Never,
We wanted to gather enough people in Place de la
Liberté to be able to surround the National Assembly
and prevent deputies from entering
and voting for Serge Sarkissian,
Naturally, we failed,
Under the enlightened leadership of Serge Sarkissian,
Armenia has made considerable progress as a democracy,
Mr, Sarkissian, you did not only
embody this majority, you created it,
I urge all citizens of the Republic of Armenia
to take to the streets to disrupt
the operation of public transport,
We will now vote to elect Serge Sarkissian
as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia,
Vote!
Yesterday they pushed us back, concentrating their strength,
We must fight in a decentralized way to show Serge
Sarkissian that he has lost control of Armenia,
citizens reject it,
Our plan had failed, What were we going to do?
Mr Sarkissian, congratulations,
My next decision was made live,
I called for a rally in Republic Square,
My dear compatriots,
I ask you to join us at 6:30 p,m,,
on Republic Square, Yerevan,
I remember this announcement,
and I remember the reaction of people,
Most thought it was a bad idea,
The largest gathering in the history of our republic,
I remember the glares from my team members,
"A rally at Place de la République? Have you lost your mind?"
It is the largest square in Armenia,
It was impossible to fill,
For us to live in a just Armenia,
dormant volcanoes must not be awakened,
And they can only be awakened intentionally,
Thank you,
Two hours before the rally, we were
sitting in the square, looking gloomy,
It was a real leap of faith
than asking people not to give up on it
and do not abandon themselves,
And suddenly, I saw people coming,
More and more were coming,
I realized that I couldn't see in front of me anymore,
that I couldn't see behind me anymore, I was surrounded,
Nobody could have foreseen what happened,
Nobody expected it,
My dear fellow citizens,
proud citizens of the Republic of Armenia,
We came here, Republic Square, to prove
that the Republic of Armenia still exists,
that the citizens of this republic still
exist, and the greatest place of our republic
is now fully occupied by those who oppose the regime,
Turn on your phones and raise them in honor of this historic moment,
And so,
I can now
announce yourself with confidence
that we started a revolution
gentle, democratic and without violence!
Nikola! Nikola!
19TH DAY
THE REVOLUTION
It was amazing, When it all started, I called my friends
to ask them: "What has changed?"
That's what I wanted to know,
How was this movement different?
And despite their skepticism, which is
justified given our previous disappointments,,,
SERJ TANKIAN ACTIVIST AND MUSICIAN
,,,and their political opinions, they all told me the same thing:
"This time it's different,"
Join us ! Join us !
WE ARE THE FUTURE
The police catch you easily if you are collected,
Not if you are scattered,
We announce strategies, and people act on their own,
This is the key, the police will be forced to disperse their efforts,
Young people would come and ask me: "What are we going to do?"
I said, "Run,"
Come, let's go over there,
The idea of ​​making it a game,
of having fun, was omnipresent,
You refuse to come down?
TOUMANIAN STREET
REPUBLIC SQUARE
Students on strike! Students on strike!
When we stopped trying to control
the process, the process came to life,
Striking ! Striking !
"Look, Nikol, Serzh Sarkissian has been elected,
Go home, you failed,"
Instead, he breathed new life into the movement,
If they come here, run, If they come there, run,
Let them chase you,
The police were starting,,, They were exhausted,
Sound your horn if you reject Serge!
It was the eruption of the Armenian spirit,
It was a revolution of love,
You could see it on all the faces,
Do your families approve of the way you protect the regime?
To the detriment of your health, your life,,, No, not your life,
Yes, your life, you're wasting it,
To the detriment of your profession, Tell your families about it,
It hasn't been easy,
I considered quitting because, although I
am a policeman, I am also a human being,
Ask your mothers for their opinion, Ask your fathers,
Ask your children, What would they tell you?
I am a person, I have a family, relatives, friends,
How can you invade a public building?
A university ?
How can you invade the Radio House?
How can you block the streets
and say: "The citizens do what they want"?
Applaud our police officers,
This kind of action,,,
ARMEN ACHOTIAN REPUBLICAN PARTY
,,,is violent, they are not "gentle",
OFFICE OF SERGE SARKISSIAN
- Take a step, reject Serge! - Take a step, reject Serge!
Some say they are open to
criticism, that it is welcome,
some say criticism is constructive,
I do not think so,
Students and professors of this university,
the police get violent,
she kidnaps students,
She doesn't arrest them, she kidnaps them,
Davit, get up and make way,
- No, - Take him away,
- Feet and legs, - My leg is broken,
I like You,
I love you all,
I like You,
No matter what, I love you,
Even if you hit me, I love you,
Thanks,
31-30, Take his phone from Davit Sanassarian, It's live,
As protesters are arrested,
more are answering the call,
Rumor has it that the president
is pressuring the government,
The pressure was mounting, and I was doing nothing,
I couldn't wait for the situation,,,
ARMEN SARKISSIAN PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
,,, spirals out of control and ends in tragedy,
So I intervened,
We knew that President Sarkissian was
planning to go to Place de la République,
It's a gesture that seemed to me strong,
decisive, although a little reckless,
Everyone was very correct with me,
They believed that I was joining the revolution
and joining them, which in a sense I was,
He came, and I told him
that our position was clear,
We were only ready to negotiate
the terms of Serge Sarkissian's resignation
and a peaceful transfer of power,
Nothing else,
I had offered to organize a meeting between
him and the Prime Minister, Serge Sarkissian,
The president declined to answer any questions,
23RD DAY
I first heard about Nikol Pashinian in the 90s,
when I was defense minister,
We had experienced setbacks in our war against Azerbaijan,
and, like many other people,
his inappropriate criticisms had caused me much pain,
My dear compatriots, hello,
In half an hour I'll start
my negotiations with Serge Sarkissian,
I am on my way
for the Marriott hotel,
I entered the hotel,
Serge Sarkissian had not yet arrived,
They wanted me to wait inside,
I stood in front of the door,
They wanted me to wait for him in the great hall,
I said no and left,
I went to get myself a coffee,
I told them, "Come get me when he gets here,
We'll go in together,"
Nikol Pashinian kept repeating that he wanted to meet me,
so I agreed to meet him, I was curious,
I wanted to make sure of something,
I had to meet him,
Serge Sarkissian enters, he sits down,
And comes the turn of Nikol Pashinian,
He puts his bag on the ground, slowly,
He takes off his jacket, slowly,
Serge Sarkissian looks a little surprised,
He did not expect there to be so many journalists,
He thought he was having a private conversation,
First of all, I am very happy that you
have accepted my offer of dialogue,
I think there is a misunderstanding,
When I spoke to Mr Sarkissian yesterday,
I have clearly stated our position,
I did not come
to chat with you,
This is not what we want,
I came to discuss the terms of your
resignation and a peaceful transfer of power,
This,,, This is not,,,
I ask you to stop using the term "dialogue",
This is not a negotiation, not a dialogue,
This is simply an ultimatum, an attempt to
blackmail a legitimately elected government,
You do not understand the significance of your actions,
You learned nothing from March 1
and if you want to continue on this tone,
I urge you one
last time to consider
the legality of your actions and words,
Mr Sarkissian, let it be clear, you are no
longer in a position to make this kind of threat,
The situation in Armenia has changed,
You no longer have the power you thought you had,
This power now belongs to the people,
A party with 7 or 8% of the seats in the
Assembly has no right to represent the people,
my conversation with you is of no importance,
- If you do not accept legality,,, - Our actions are legal,,,
- Goodbye, - Goodbye,
Ladies and gentlemen journalists, draw your own conclusions,
It was impossible to assess
what had just happened,
He was gone,
Was that a good thing or a bad thing?
What had happened?
What did the people think?
I had a feeling he made a mistake in mentioning March 1st,
A very big mistake,
March 1 is a national trauma,
This is a very painful period in the history of Armenia,
I can't believe a diplomat, let alone the president
of a country, can threaten his people so openly,
armed reprisals,
It's psychopathy,
You didn't learn any lesson from March 1st,,,
It was a challenge to the people,
He thought he was only attacking me, but he didn't
realize that I was only a representative of the people,
His threat was directed at me,
but it wasn't me who was facing him,
Serzh Sarkissian has lost his mind,
He proved today that he
was deranged, hysterical,,,
I wanted to make sure he was ready for anything,
The orders of a hysteric should not be followed,
Why did you meet him?
Why ?
To make a decision,
And I took it,
Dear policemen, why are you blocking this street?
Please stay calm,
I left my group and walked towards Osipian,
Hello, Mr, Pashinian,
I met Nikol Pashinian
July 17, 2016,
We all know the circumstances,
Gentlemen, come to your senses,
This criminal government is using you,,,
They violently seized power in 2008,
This is a rebellion against this theft,
A group of armed men occupied the police station,
A police officer is in critical condition,
They refuse to treat him, We are hostages,,,
The situation was tense,
Think of yourself,
Are you threatening me?
I did not say that,
You have already attacked us,
Nikol Pashinyan came for ten minutes,
Do you think we can find a solution?
He started to defuse the situation,
He started talking with the attackers, with me,
and he managed to do
lower the voltage,
I can ?
Actually,,,
I have a lot of respect for him,
He avoided looking me in the eye,
I knew something was up,
I didn't say a word to Nikol Pashinian,
My eyes betrayed me,
We inform you that
your gathering is illegal,
The group at the head of the movement
and its leaders have been arrested,
You arrested his grandson,
Release it,
Release the kid,
I was told he was arrested around noon,
It's 5 p,m,, and I still don't
know where they're holding him,
After the arrests, the police
banned all public gatherings,
Tens of thousands of people go to Place de la République,
Before this gathering, everyone asked me:
"Are you going to speak?
He's not here, you should,"
I answered them that it was not my role,
Regardless of the identity of those who are and will be arrested,
we need to keep protesting,,,
while remaining faithful to the
ideals of this national campaign
and decentralized peaceful disobedience,
I don't remember that this need to be heard existed before,
Let's stay strong!
After the men were arrested, the
women had to save the movement,
At that time, I was very worried,
I knew the movement needed leaders,
The revolution was hanging by a
thread and was in danger of collapsing,
Dear citizens!
Together we will continue
to protest peacefully
until Serge Sarkissian resigns,
He will not intimidate us, March 1 will not repeat itself,
Never !
Finally, let's not forget all
those who are in prison today,
They are in our hearts and let us tell them:
"Rest,
we will continue to fight on your behalf,"
Thank you,
I like You,
I don't know what time it is,
They're taking me somewhere,
They have their faces covered,
We arrive in a cell,
They close the door behind me,
I see a bed,
I lay down and fall asleep,
A fit of coughing wakes me up,
I have fever,
I ask them for a thermometer,
The night passes slowly,
I cough and I have a fever,
They give me medicine,
I drink tea, The fever persists,
For hours I wonder:
"What's going on in Yerevan?"
It is forbidden to make noise after 11 p,m,
But we must continue to disobey,
ZAROUHI BATOÏAN ACTIVIST
The sound of saucepans echoed all over Yerevan,
And very quickly videos
appeared on the Internet,
documenting how people participated in this action,
It was the invisible women's army of Armenia,
And their voices echoed throughout the country,
24TH DAY
On April 23, people got up early
to take to the streets,
Shops were closed, there were strikes everywhere,
When a movement is really popular,
and the government tries to oppose it,
it only reinforces it,
Because people are angry,
We walked, we
joined the march,,,
FATHER SHAHE HAIREPETIAN ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH
,,,although we were asked many questions, such as:
"Where have you been ?"
When the blue berets joined the
protesters, that changed everything,
When soldiers take to the streets,
it is the end,
You find yourself in the situation where the absolute majority of the
population is calling for change, not in the future, but immediately,
Naturally, we are getting closer to April 24,
And both sides announced
that today would be a day of victory,
A victory for whom?
ARMENIANS ARE SENT TO THE DESERT TO DIE
April 24 is a day
marked with infamy for the Armenian people, the day
that Ottoman Turkey implemented the genocidal policies
which will cost their lives to 1,5 million Armenians,,,
THE DEATH OF ARMENIA
,,,and destroy a civilization, a homeland and a way of life,
Imagine if April 24 had been a day of
clashes between protesters and police,
How could we continue,,,
TURKISH AUTHORITIES DENY ATROCITIES
,,,to ask for recognition of this
genocide if we fight against each other?
It was a situation
where everyone could be a loser,
How could this end?
I proposed a meeting here, in
the president's office, in this room,
Your Beatitude, Mr, President, Mr, Prime Minister,
thank you for responding to my invitation,
Tomorrow, April 24, is a special day for our nation,
The Supreme Patriarch was present, the president too,
The Prime Minister was very sad,
I had never seen him so contrite, so humiliated,
Yerevan is in turmoil,
Although these protests are peaceful,,,
I'm going to meet with Nikol
Pashinian to try to negotiate a solution,
KAREN KARAPETIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Karen Karapetian came and said to me:
"You know, we can find a solution today,
Serge Sarkissian is ready
to publicly announce that he will step down in October,"
I said no,"
He went to phone
and said to me on his return:
"He will resign in June,"
I said no,"
They then proposed that Serge
Sarkissian resign on April 25,
I asked him to give me a phone,
I immediately called Anna,
I wanted to know what was going on,
She said to me: "There is a big step,
Soldiers are at its head,"
I nodded and hung up,
I told Karapetian:
"Serge Sarkissian has two hours to resign,"
And There you go,
What did you discuss with Karen Karapetian?
I'll talk about that later tonight,
I have nothing to say for the moment,
Mr, Pashinian, have you been charged with disturbing public order?
Thank you for serving your country,
After that,
I put this letter on my desk,
Half an hour later, I read it again,
Thank you all,
I took a sentence out of it,
I changed two others,
Then I put it back on my desk,
I sat in our offices and looked at the time,
I didn't tell anyone,
I gave the letter to my chief of staff
and asked him to give it to the media,
Suddenly I heard screams,
They stormed into the room and shouted:
"Serge Sarkissian has resigned!"
Serge Sarkissian is no longer Prime Minister,
Here is the content of his resignation letter:
"Dear compatriots, these are
my last words as Prime Minister,"
"Nikol Pashinyan was right, I was wrong,"
"There are a limited number of
solutions to the current situation,"
"I'm not one of them,"
"I am leaving my position at the head of the country,"
“This protest movement demands my resignation,
I abdicate in the face of your request,
May peace, harmony and common sense reign over our country,
Thanks,"
Did you hear the news?
I heard it, but I can't believe it,
It's the truth, he quit,
Victoire ! Victoire !
I am full of hope, We won,
We will no longer be disappointed,
Victoire ! Victoire ! Victoire !
I wanted to say this sentence for a very long time,,,
I had this vision that I would pronounce this
sentence in front of a Place de la République
dark with people, Still,
I was finally going to be able to pronounce it,
Proud citizens of Armenia,,,
you have won !
I'm not alone, not alone, not alone,,,
25TH DAY
APRIL 24, 2018
It was the Armenian trinity of faith, hope and love,
In Armenian we say that of the three, love is the most powerful,
I believe that this time it was faith that made the difference,
My dear compatriots, hello,
Today is April 24,
and today,
we pay tribute
to the victims of the Armenian Genocide,
Serge Sarkissian is a great statesman,
Few politicians can show such patriotism,
Perhaps the political class had not changed enough,
Maybe we were cut off from reality,
that we had lost touch with people's reality,
May be,
I want to admit it,
Isn't that a problem?
Of course yes, This is why we are no longer in power,
Dear Members, please be seated,
the session is about to begin,
The National Assembly convened an extraordinary session
to elect the Prime Minister of Armenia,
I would like to congratulate Mr, Pashinyan, You succeeded,
When you stood in this square a few weeks
ago, no one thought you would succeed,
"Rejects Serge" became "Rejects the Republicans",
We had become the bad guys,
I wouldn't want Nikol Pashinian, the Nelson Mandela of Armenia,,,
Autocracy often hides
behind a democratic mask,
I often think of these numerous historical
examples, of men like Mussolini, Salazar or Franco,
how they took over and what happened next,
There will be no more electoral fraud,
Bribes will no longer exist,
Civil servants will no longer get rich,
Corruption will no longer be tolerated,
Never again,
No one will be above the law anymore,
Never again,
The government must love its people,
And the people must love their government,
This must be the legacy of our revolution of love and peace,
We submit to the vote
the election of Nikol Pashinyan as
Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia,
Vote!
VOTE
59 votes for, 42 against, The decision is accepted,
Thank you, the meeting is closed,
You have to know how to stay humble,
It is arrogance that has brought us down,
One should not become unreasonably proud, self-confident,
and always remember that an election is only temporary,
that it is possible to lose the next one,
Yes, I'm live, My dear fellow citizens, I find myself
at 26 Bagramian Avenue, in one
of the Prime Minister's two offices,
I believe you have all seen this place on TV before,
It is a very large room, Let me show you,,,
Mr Pashinyan
invited me to 26 Bagramian Avenue,
And, on my way there, I wondered what was going to happen,
To be honest,
I was sure we were going to talk
of a specific subject,
40TH DAY
He asked me how I was
and told me:
"Mister Osipian, I offer you
the position of Chief of the National Police,"
I was in shock,
I did not know what to say,
Next,
Nikol Pashinian asked me
an interesting question,
You know her ?
"Mr, Osipian,
can you be
national police chief
without getting rich?
"Yes, Mr, Pashinian,"
Forty days after taking his first step,
Nikol Pashinian has formed his new government,
EDUCATION MINISTER
MINISTER OF CULTURE
DIASPORA MINISTER
HEAD OF STATE CONTROL DEPARTMENT
Armen Sarkissian remains President of the Republic of Armenia,
Internationally, the Prime Minister
of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan,
won an undisputed victory in the last elections,
With humor, some Armenians remarked
that no one had to pay them to vote,
Ararat Mirzoyan and Lena Nazarian were elected
President and Vice-President of the National Assembly,
The Republican Party did not
muster enough votes to be represented,
Eduard Sharmazanov and Armen Achotian remained there,
The Prime Minister does not tire of demonstrations,
Nikol Pashinyan called on Armenians to surround the courts,
claiming that some judges remain loyal to the old regime,
Serge Sarkissian still leads the Republican Party and continues
his activities as President of the Armenian Chess Federation,
During an anti-corruption raid targeting the home of an oligarch,
Armenian police discovered firearms, money and
supplies of humanitarian aid intended for war victims,
Anna Hakobian remains the editor-in-chief of Armenian Time,
She refused the title of First Lady to remain a free woman,
After crossing Armenia,
Chalo now lives with the Pashinyans,
To learn more about Armenian democracy,
stay true to us,
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