YEREVAN. – PM Nikol Pashinyan is not responding to Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, but he wants to intimidate our population by shouting; he says on one of his livestreams: "If you exceed the extent of political statements, I will arrest you." Armenia’s independent MP Gevorg Petrosyan told this to a press conference on Monday.

"If you [Pashinyan] are such a brave guy, give an answer to Aliyev. He goes to Aliyev, sits down bowing down, [but then] comes here [to Armenia], starts shouting at our people. Who are you to decide the extent of political statements? And says, ‘We will arrest [you].’ With this, he betrays that the law enforcement agencies [of Armenia] are acting under his direct instructions. I am surprised that the Prosecutor General's Office is unaware of this situation. We have not had such a leader to make such an impudent statement," Petrosyan added.

And reflecting on the situation after the announcement of the General Staff of the Armed Forces—demanding the resignation of Pashinyan and his government, the lawmaker said: "The army must make a move. Today the only move left is of the army, and we end this 'game.' I can say for sure that if the army comes in united fashion, the police will not clash with the army because the police also are disgusted with him [i.e., Pashinyan]."