We had tens of thousands of participants in the days of the rallies, but we could not reach the high level of organization to form a regular civilian army out of 20-30 thousand citizens participating in our rallies, which could escalate the protests so much that the government could not stand it. Ishkhan Saghatelyan, Vice Speaker of the National Assembly, said today, on 16June, during a press conference.

“We must strive to reach the level where the police forces can no longer resist the public, report that the situation is unmanageable, and we cannot keep your power. There are all the grounds and logic for that. We must go that way. The results we have are a basis for a wider struggle,” he said.

He stressed that it was no secret that he coordinated the movement, coordinated the work and made the final decision, and the agreement was reached after consultations with the forces of the movement.

“Yes, I have the ultimate responsibility for making decisions. We said from the beginning that we are not coming here to make anyone a prime minister or a leader. At the moment, there has been no discussion about the candidate for prime minister,” Saghatelyan said.