Armen Sarkissian Meets Artak Tovmasyan: What Was Discussed

The newspaper "Pahst" reports that yesterday it became known that President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian met with Artak Tovmasyan, a representative of the "Third Force" civic initiative and head of the Tovmasyan Foundation. According to official information, the meeting addressed the current situation in the country and the ways to overcome the internal political crisis.

In this context, Artak Tovmasyan presented their proposals and position. "Pahst" has learned some noteworthy details about this meeting. In particular, according to our information, Tovmasyan told the president that in the current situation, where there is acute internal and social tension, an atmosphere of hatred predominates, and there is a pronounced lack of trust in the political sphere among the public, it is not appropriate to hold snap elections.

According to our source, Tovmasyan expressed the opinion that the best solution would be to form a temporary government of "crisis managers" which would allow a certain period of time to calm the existing situation, prevent economic collapse, create an atmosphere of solidarity, and then conduct elections under equal conditions that would not raise doubts about their legitimacy.