YEREVAN. – The government does not do anyone any favors by organizing elections; the government is the number one responsible for the internal political crisis, and it must take steps to resolve this crisis. We have agreed that there should be an election. Edmon Marukyan, chairman of the opposition Bright Armenia Party (BAP) and head of its faction in the National Assembly (NA), on Monday told this to reporters in the NA.

"You saw that at this stage we had the right to make a nomination [for a new PM], but we did not because if we agree on something, we promise the people that we are doing this for the [snap parliamentary] elections [slated for June 20], then we are doing [it]. The [respective] agreement is not with [acting PM Nikol] Pashinyan, but with the people. We have promised the people that we shall dissolve this NA so that the people vote again. If we disrupt this process in any way, it will mean that we want the people to decide who will get the country out of this situation; this deal, in fact, is with the people," Marukyan said.

But he did not agree with the opinion that the premier of Armenia has no right to serve as “acting” after his resignation. "If so, why was the dissolution of the parliament constitutional in 2018, whereas is not constitutional in 2021? In 2018, the prime minister remained 'acting,' but the same people did not make such statements [then]," added the BAP leader.