Armenia is facing a political crisis after the “Velvet Revolution”, a political analyst said today, commenting upon the power transition processes that followed Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation as the country’s prime minister.

Hayk Martirosyan called particularly for active steps towards finalizing the timeframes of snap parliamentary elections, considering the winter or spring of 2019 as the most reasonable period.

“The logic behind this revolution implied the National Assembly’s immediate dissolution in Republican Square [the protest site]. The Constitution too, should have been suspended right there. After all, Nikol Pashinyan [who was leading the protests] sought and gained his preliminary legitimacy resource in that square which, at the time, represented the entire Armenian nation, an unlimited power capable of doing practically anything.

That’s the classical example of a revolution,” he said.

Martirosyan described the current political situation as a kind of democratic bacchanalia, noting that members of the former ruling Republican Party “still continue their anti-political activity as before”. “They have given liberties to [political] forces which are deeply anti-democratic and deeply anti-revolutionary,” the analyst added.

He further stressed the urgent need of undertaking of tougher measures, considering the constitution “extremely unrealistic”. “There is now a specific process which I personally support. I have the right to have my disagreements but I support our current government’s work. I do not have specific obligations either as I am not a member of a political team to be part of this government,” he added.