Pashinyan did an "unprecedented thing"—we, who were potentially at each other's throats, have joined forces: Levon Zurabyan

"If Nikol Pashinyan implements this plan—if he removes the Declaration of Independence from the Constitution—he will effectively dismantle the legal and political foundations of Armenia," Levon Zurabyan, Vice-Chairman of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), told reporters following a meeting between opposition parliamentary factions and representatives of various socio-political forces.

He noted that Nikol Pashinyan has done something "unprecedented": "Through his destructive policies, he has united the entire opposition—including us and the Dashnaktsutyun—around a single objective: to resist the loss of Armenia's sovereignty."

"It is unprecedented for political forces so vastly different from one another—forces that have spent their entire existence fighting each other—to come together and join this struggle."

"Why? In a future independent Armenia, socialists and liberals might well tear each other apart, but that independent Armenia must, first and foremost, exist." "Why have we—who might otherwise be at each other’s throats—joined forces? Because the very existence of a sovereign, independent Armenia is at stake," he noted.