The Armenian authorities are playing with the fate of the state and people. Armenia doesn’t deserve these authorities, and these authorities don’t deserve Armenia. They need to stop playing games with the fate of the people. This is what leader of Homeland Party, former director of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan said during an interview aired on Yerkir Media TV.

Asked if he wants to become Prime Minister, Vanetsyan said this isn’t an item on his political party’s agenda for the time being.

“Currently, my political party’s key objective is to make the current incompetent authorities step down from power since each day of their reign poses a direct threat to our homeland. Our objective is to do away with the current authorities and form a government of national accord, and we will launch political consultations with all political parties and individuals,” he said.

In response to the question about the meeting with leader of Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan, Vanetsyan said he has good and close ties with Tsarukyan and added that there is still no political agreement.

Vanetsyan also recalled that he has addressed the opposition parties in parliament to set up a probe committee to find out whether the government failed to combat the coronavirus or not since the government is directly responsible for the current situation.

According to the leader of Homeland Party, the incumbent authorities aren’t able to have normal ties with the external world. “Armenia doesn’t have good ties with its strategic ally Russia, to say the least. Many people say Armenia has to be sovereign and free itself from Russia’s dominance, but I would like to ask if these authorities are really independent. In reality, I don’t remember any government of Armenia that has conformed more than the current government,” he said.

As for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Vanetsyan said he doesn’t believe in treason or conspiracies, but is concerned that “as a result of these incompetent authorities, Armenia and Artsakh will find themselves in a situation where they will either have to make unilateral concessions or go to war”.