“President Serzh Sarkisian’s latest speech will probably be discussed for a long time because, broadly speaking, there is practically nothing else to discuss in Armenia’s internal political life right now,” writes “168 Zham.” “That is why Serzh Sarkisian speaks more against his teammates than oppositionists in his speeches. Without naming names, of course. When the opposition in Armenia was strong the authorities could not have afforded such luxury. But it has become possible because the Armenian opposition opted for the luxury of identifying regime change with Gagik Tsarukian, who himself was ousted from power [in 2015,] instead of ousting the authorities.”
“Chorrord Ishkhanutyun” mocks Sarkisian’s speech. “It is a tragedy when a de facto head of state delivers a long speech whose content is of no interest to anybody,” writes the paper highly critical of the Armenian government. “People expect from him a very short and concrete speech in which he would apologize and announce his resignation.”
“The United States government has allocated about $750,000 to our government for a fight against corruption,” “Aravot” says in an editorial. “This can be described as a sort of joke. A wolf is not only named to guard sheep but also gets paid for that. But for that strange move some people give an even stranger explanation: the United States is interested in seeing deeper corruption in Armenia. But corruption in Armenia successfully deepens without foreign grants. So it is not logical to suspect that any further donation will only contribute to it.”
(Anush Mkrtchian)