{"id":6519,"date":"2025-09-24T08:26:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T05:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armtribunal.com\/?p=6519"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:19:19","slug":"sluzhiteli-izmennikov-chast-2-o-chem-molchit-armen-ashotjan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armtribunal.com\/en\/2025\/09\/24\/sluzhiteli-izmennikov-chast-2-o-chem-molchit-armen-ashotjan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Servants of Traitors. Part 2. What Does Armen Ashotyan Keep Silent About?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Servants of Traitors. Part 2. What Does Armen Ashotyan Keep Silent About?<\/h3>
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The Public Tribunal continues its series of articles titled \u201cThe Servants of Traitors.\u201d In today\u2019s installment, we examine the role of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), \u2018serving\u2019 former President Serzh Sargsyan, in the national catastrophe of Artsakh and the grave security situation now facing the Republic of Armenia.<\/p>\n

This piece was prompted by a recent post by Armen Ashotyan, Chairman of the RPA, in which he outlines how the leader of the Civil Contract Party [ed. Nikol Pashinyan] orchestrated the 44-day war. In his publication, Ashotyan presents 18 specific actions by Pashinyan which, had they been avoided, might have prevented the war. We will not reprint the list here; readers can review the details via the original source<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, Armen Ashotyan presents the 44-day war as the outcome of deliberate actions taken by Nikol Pashinyan. This assessment is indeed accurate, and Public Tribunal has consistently highlighted the current Prime Minister\u2019s role in provoking the war. However, a critical question remains for Armen Ashotyan himself: what was driving Pashinyan\u2019s actions? And more importantly - why did Ashotyan\u2019s own political party secure the necessary votes for Pashinyan\u2019s rise to power, fully aware of the objectives he was pursuing?<\/p>\n

Speeches delivered by leading members of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) on May 1, 2018, during the parliamentary session considering Nikol Pashinyan\u2019s nomination for Prime Minister, clearly show that the RPA was aware of the true objectives behind the so-called \u201cvelvet revolution.\u201d Yet this is something Armen Ashotyan deliberately avoids addressing, as he attempts to deflect his party\u2019s responsibility for Armenia\u2019s current national catastrophe: the occupation of Artsakh, the mass displacement of the Armenian population, and the dismantling of Armenia\u2019s security architecture, including its strategic relationship with Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

For example, during that same May 1 session, RPA MP Arman Saghatelyan openly questioned Pashinyan\u2019s competence to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, citing his lack of military knowledge. Saghatelyan stated:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t want to believe the widely circulated claims that Nikol and his associates fail to realize that all this [the \u2018velvet revolution\u2019] is merely the beginning of an externally orchestrated scenario - a scenario that will ultimately lead to an anti-Armenian resolution of the Artsakh conflict. I don\u2019t want to believe that, but... I am compelled to present numerous citations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

He then went on to quote several of Pashinyan\u2019s past statements and articles, in which the future Prime Minister criticized Armenia\u2019s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union and expressed the need to return of territories under Armenian control to Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

On the same day, another Republican, Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov, also delivered a speech. He stated:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t need a national tribune or a good orator; we need a leader of the executive power whose political actions are predictable, first and foremost, by a clear political ideology. By \u2018predictable,\u2019 I mean consistency and steadfastness on matters of principle. Who will be your first deputy prime minister, defense minister, finance minister, police chief, director of the National Security Service, or economy minister if you are elected [addressing Pashinyan]? Who? There are no answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

Sharmazanov underscored Pashinyan\u2019s inconsistency, pointing to his shifting positions on issues such as Armenia\u2019s membership in the EAEU. Concluding his speech, Sharmazanov echoed the concerns voiced by Arman Saghatelyan:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMr. Pashinyan, today - just as yesterday - you have failed to convince me. I do not see you as the Commander-in-Chief.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

Armen Ashotyan also took the floor in parliament on May 1, 2018, delivering a speech that foreshadowed catastrophe for Armenia:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t agree, Mr. Beglaryan, with your statement that we have to choose between the bad and the worst. No. I believe we are choosing between the bad and the disastrous options. What is the bad one? The bad thing is that I cannot stand up and say that I am joining the hundreds of thousands, the national movement, and say, \u2018Long Live Armenia,\u2019 which will come. This is bad\u2014politically, very bad. However, I believe it is disastrous that, under the current geopolitical conditions, we are forced to make a choice which, in my view, marks the beginning of Armenia\u2019s end.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>