The Issue of Acquiring Bulletproof Vests During the War Was Quite Urgent, But Direct Your Questions to the Ministry of Defense: Ruben Rubinyan on Buying Vests for $600

It is true that we did not receive power from Serzh Sargsyan, but neither did we receive it from Karen Karapetian. This was stated by My Step Alliance's deputy Ruben Rubinyan in an interview on First Channel while responding to the question of whether they were aware that Serzh Sargsyan did not transfer power to them, but that it was Karapetian who did.

“Regarding the first part, it is true, because indeed he did not transfer power to us, he transferred it to its owner—the people, and the people later chose Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister. Even before that, Nikol Pashinyan was elected by the National Assembly as Prime Minister at the people's request. This means that at the moment of his resignation, Serzh Sargsyan had no power; he merely recorded the reality on paper on April 23,” said the deputy.

In response to the remark that Serzh Sargsyan had stated in his interview that the absurdity of finding an acceptable solution for three nations led to the war, the deputy said that the former authorities blame them for something they were planning to do themselves.

“I believe that Serzh Sargsyan and his team must eventually clarify what exactly they are accusing us of. Are we constructive or destructive? Are we conceding territory or not? When Nikol Pashinyan said that an educated person’s impression was that the resolution of the conflict should be acceptable for the three nations, he was blamed for that and was told how could he say such a thing, bringing the war closer. So they really believe that wars can happen because of expressions?” said the deputy.

Commenting on Sargsyan's statements regarding the army, Petros Ghazaryan noted that it is said that drones were not purchased and that generals were discredited, and that the development of the army was redirected. Rubinyan responded by saying, “When they say that 1000 drones should have been acquired from 2018 to 2020, as far as I know, there is no such plan that has changed.” And in response to the question of why such expensive bulletproof vests were purchased, Rubinyan stated, “I think you should direct that question to the Ministry of Defense, but I know that the issue of acquiring bulletproof vests during wartime was quite urgent.”