Sep 19, Civil Contract, Opposition Inaction, Electric Network | Ep 474, Sep 21, 2025
Groong Week in Review – September 21, 2025
Topics
– **September 19, 2023, two years on**
Artsakh: blockade, starvation, Yerevan’s position, ethnic cleansing, and lasting effects on Armenia.
– **Civil Contract’s 7th Congress and the “Fourth Republic”**
New constitution path after 2026, Alma-Ata framing, EU track, and institutionalizing peace. Fourth Republic. Brand or blueprint?
– **Opposition dynamics before 2026**
Impeachment versus election focus, fragmentation, and what might sway undecided voters.
– **Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA)**
Government “surgical measures,” nationalization vs top-tier foreign manager, and investor risk signals.
Guest
* Arthur Martirosyan
Hosts
* Hovik Manucharyan
* Asbed Bedrossian
00:00 Intro to show with Arthur G Martirosyan
00:20 Sep 19: Could Artsakh’s ethnic cleansing have been averted?
07:42 Are there still possibilities for Artsakhtsis to return to their homes?
12:05 Pashinyan’s 7th Congress and 4th Republic
19:28 How likely is Pashinyan to succeed in 2026 Elections and 2027 Constitutional referendum?
23:31 Will Pashinyan’s Fourth Republic fail if EU Accession fails?
28:09 Why is the parliamentary opposition lethargic, what is needed to ignite an opposition?
35:14 Will the seizure of the ENA drive international investors away?
40:52 Personal statements from the participants
40:59 Arthur: Pashinyan is in campaign mode, and trying to sell a weaker Armenia under the guise of peace
42:38 Hovik: On Independence day, NSS chief was in Baku. Aliyev likes to stick our important dates in our faces
44:20 About Arthur G Martirosyan
Episode 474 | Recorded: September 22, 2025
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He wanted to preserve the lives of thousands of our sons you idiots!! Please learn some war history, you should never lose men on a battle that cant be won. You have to cut your losses, regroup and live to fight another day. As a result thousands of Armenian mothers still have their sons today!
Pashinyan is not going to laat the outoritei without direk or indirekte popular forse ! Nothing els is going to work . look to romany . moldova!