YEREVAN. – During protest actions a wonderful motto: “We are the lawful masters of our country” is heard, President Serzh Sargsyan said during the RPA session on Saturday.

“This is of course a very inspiring fact. We should make each citizen feel himself the master of his country and realize this possibility effectively. Citizens’ convictions and protests can be realized through civil society movements when they are given open opportunities to be actively engaged in social processes. Citizens’ convictions and their ideas about state policy can also be realized in the political landscape through the availability of inclusive and active party channels. The idea of an omniscient and savior leader is futile, and leads to a completely different place. People are well aware of it. Progress is not made by sitting and expecting the president or the prime minister to appear and tell us what we should do. There is no such a truth,” he said in his address to the delegates.

President is convinced that progress is made through unification, combination of opinions, ideas and discontents, as well as through effective mechanisms allowing us to highlight them, work out and accomplish.

“In coming years the entire political system will be overloaded with work. The ruling party should stimulate this process by continuously channeling filtered and developed ideas in order to test policy results on the spot and ensure feedback,” Sargsyan noted.

The development of political and social relations in Armenia has entered a completely new phase.  Today, all projects having public importance succeed only when they are accomplished by stable institutional units. The role of purposeful movements in social arena and the role of large and organized parties in political arena are rising.

“This tendency will keep on advancing. There is no alternative to this. It is driven by the maturity of time and our society. As a result, the decreasing role of even the brightest personalities will free up space for group engagement,.”  he added.