Armenia Alliance condemns actions against Robert Kocharyan and his family
The Armenia Alliance released a statement Aug. 25, 2026, condemning the actions taken against its leader, Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan, and members of his family. The opposition bloc characterized the proceedings as politically motivated and accused the government of using state institutions to intimidate its opponents and eliminate centers of resistance.
Read the full statement below:
“The unlawful actions being carried out against Armenia’s second president, Robert Kocharyan, the leader of the Armenia Alliance, and members of his family are yet another cynical manifestation of a regime that has lost its legitimacy and maintains its hold on power exclusively through illegal means.
“This is not a legal process. It is the open subordination of the state apparatus to one individual’s political fears and desire for revenge. The security operations launched immediately after threats issued from the parliamentary podium demonstrate one thing: having accepted every external demand, the ruling regime has adopted a policy of isolating the opposition and eliminating every possible center of resistance.
“By staging cheap spectacles for its own electorate, the current government is also attempting to deepen the climate of fear within society.
“The Armenia Alliance declares:
“Addressing us through blackmail, unlawful proceedings, and fabricated prosecutions is futile.
“Neither President Kocharyan, his family nor our political team can be intimidated or forced to accept the current situation.
“We will continue our struggle and make every effort to resist the new concessions being imposed on Armenia.
“No dictatorship lasts forever, and those responsible for ordering and carrying out these unlawful actions will be held accountable.”
Although Kocharyan was corrupt and quite authoritarian, he is at least a true patriot; he did not compromise on Armenia’s national interests and on Artsakh, which is why he was accused of being “stubborn” and “inflexible”; in other words, because he did not sell out and betray them. The same applies to Sargsyan. On the other hand, the traitor Pashinyan, who sold out Artsakh and Armenia’s national interests and betrayed them to Azerbaijan and Turkey, has surpassed his predecessors in corruption and authoritarianism and is the undisputed “leader”, when it comes to betrayal and treason. Pashinyan is persecuting all his political enemies to neutralize any potential threat to his dictatorial rule, pure and simple. There is no other excuse for his conduct and it cannot be “excused”. The more shameful that he came to power under the pretext of “fighting corruption” and “bringing democracy”, only to fool the Armenian electorate by breaking his promises! Pashinyan’s appeasement policy and naked dictatorial rule has led even some Armenians who were deeply critical of Kocharyan and Sargsyan to long for their rule! The moral of the story is to be wary of self-appointed “democrats” and “anti-corruption fighters” and never to vote for them and bring them to power.
Very well written, but what can be done.
Pashinyan’s dictatorial and authoritarian tendencies are coming out.
All of the opposition parties need to prepare to go underground.
Lift the veil of the daily free concerts, which are imf funded, and are meant to keep the people complacent, and you will see the true nature of this turkic, US and israeli backed traitorous regime. Which is much more despotic than anything the people have seen before.
Has it ever crossed your mind that the Kocharyan, (who you acknowledge was corrupt, and still defend) became very RICH from the money he made came at the expense of the funds needed by the Republic of Armenia’s budget which included the money that could have been used to supply the military of Armenia to buy equipment/weapons defend the people of Armenia & Artsakh against Azerbaijan & Turkey.
Is this how a “PATRIOT’ acts??