Pashinyan spoke in the parliament amid opposition protest outside of the building. He answered the question of the deputies.

(Pashinyan's block holds the absolute majority in parliament)

Only the people can speak on behalf of the people, not separate groups - Pashinyan
Voices of individual groups cannot be considered the voice of the people - Pashinyan
It is not the media who decide who the prime minister is, people decide - Pashinyan
The question arises as to why the opposition does not demand early elections. Why do political forces have only one goal - to decide without the will of the people? Pashinyan
Their goal is the return of power to those who rigged elections. The result will be the return of the former - Pashinyan
Pashinyan stated that one of his main missions he considers the organization and conduct of fair and transparent elections.
The trilateral statement on Karabakh has no additional attachments - Pashinyan
Pashinyan believes that only certain circles in the society demand his resignation.

“The opinion of certain circles of society should not be passed off as the voice of the people” - Pashinyan
Can they demand the resignation of the prime minister and the government chosen by the people? They can, but here we are already talking about an attempt to take away the choice from the people and transfer power to those who have nothing to do with the people" - Pashinyan
The forces that today demand to transfer power to them do not have any legitimate rights to such a demand - Pashinyan
Pashinyan called on the parliamentary parties to come to a consensus, that in no case should the forces that falsified elections be allowed to return to power and then, as the Prime Minister hinted, further actions on the issue of his resignation and elections can be discussed.
I continue to believe that the solution to the Karabakh issue should be acceptable to the peoples of Armenia, Artsakh and Azerbaijan - Pashinyan
We are asked why we didn’t buy these or those weapons? And I ask, why have you failed to solve the elementary problem of providing the army with shells over the past 20 years? Why did we have to solve this problem?

Pashinyan
Yes, we failed the mission and could not do for the army in 2.5 years what has not been done for the last 20 years. I said that we will answer for this before the people's court - Pashinyan
Pashinyan is not against early elections and listed the conditions.
Pashinyan on the demand of clergy for his resignation:

"I do not see any problem in the fact that the Armenian Catholicos made a statement and demanded the resignation of the government. They have the right to state their opinion"

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