Mr Pashinyan Will Have to Provide Answers to All the Questions He Has Asked: President of Armenia
British online newspaper The Independent had an interview with the president of Armenia Armen Sarkissian ahead the latest developments in Armenia.
The president told The Independent that he often reverts to logic models for political guidance, taking into account that the president is one of the scientists behind Tetris. However, Sarkissian says there was little in this crisis, or in his words in the "democratic change", that he could have predicted with math. "Humans are not machines," he tells The Independent, adding that "they are much more complex."
"It was quite hard work bringing the sides together," says President Sarkissian. "I did things that are not usually expected of a president, such as going into the crowds. But you couldn't do your job by simply sitting in an office", Sarkissian said, referring to his surprise April 21 visit to the heavily overcrowded Republic Square in Yerevan amid raging protests when he walked into a crowd of few thousands to negotiate with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan. President Sarkissian told The Independent that he enjoyed the "fantastic" experience of visiting the square. He described his relations with Pashinyan as "constructive".
"We are all learning, and I'm ready to get involved again if things go wrong," he says, "I'm ready to stand between police and protesters if I have to."
"Mr. Pashinyan has shown himself to be a very talented politician, with an acute sense of public opinion," he says, "But running the government provides a completely a different challenge. He will have to provide answers to all the questions he has asked. And people will have to realise that not everything that went before was black, and not everything will be white tomorrow."
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