Robert Kocharyan came to power due to the national liberation movement of Karabakh. However, this factor cannot help him to return to politics, Director of “Sociometer” centre Aharon Adibekyan told reporters, referring to the Karabakh conflict. The second Armenian President came to power as one of the first veterans of Nagorno-Karabakh war. It was the most important factor at that time, but Nagorno-Karabakh problem has faded into the background now, he said. Commenting on a reporter’s question whether March 1events may hinder Kocharyan’s return to politics, Adibekyan asked a rhetorical question: “First it should be made clear, whether Kocharyan or Pashinyan is to blame.” According to him, Armenian former President Kocharyan’s rating is 2.5% according to recent polls. Following the election result of 2008 presidential elections, protests organized by supporters of candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan began in Yerevan’s Freedom Square, accompanied by mass disorders. On March 1, the demonstrators were dispersed by police and military forces. 10 people were killed during skirmishes between police and crowd and the then President Kocharyan declared a 20-day state of emergency. This was followed by mass arrests and purges of prominent members of the opposition. Nine of them are still in prison.