In Pashinyan’s perception, he himself is the state: Beniamin Matevosyan Pashinyan identifies himself with the Republic of Armenia & its future, even though these are entirely different concepts. Citizens must clearly understand that this is a bid to rule Armenia forever. This way, it can always be claimed that today the target is, for example, Robert Kocharyan or Samvel Karapetyan, while tomorrow it may be someone else. But in every case, the same assertion will be made: that their rise to power or their actions are allegedly directed against Armenia’s independence.