Armenian youth restored trust in people – analyst on Electric Yerevan protests

Speaking at a news conference, President of the foundation Verelq Artstun Pepanyan said he believes the Armenian society needs a revolution of a set of values to reshape its mentality.

He said he expects a successful campaign to revolve the society back into the situation it was facing in May (before the Electric Networks call for revising the consumer tariffs of power). “I was closely following the attitudes of people. They first developed a trust in the young people's set of values; the wave later spread to the diaspora, with all the Armenians coming to believes that they can change a country,” Pepanyan noted.

“A social movement sets a specific task which isn’t absolutely a life-and-death issue, as there are never winners or losers. All we need to do is just tp urge the authorities to do this. If you manage to, your should never turn around and say you are the winners but instead agree that the authorities listened to you and met you demand and thank them for showing good will,” he added.