Armenia will hold snap parliamentary election on June 20, if we believe the still incumbent Prime Minister's Facebook post, announced on March 18. In this regard, a number of questions arise: what projects will our political forces come up with, how do they assess the created situation and what solutions do they see to get the country out of this crisis?

We can already state, without fear of making an error, that one of the top items on the participants' political agenda, if not the most important one, will be the issue of external orientation. It is unfortunate when political parties rely not on their own potential, on the imperative of developing strategies based on Armenia's interests but rather focus on the fruitless idea of ​​importing the "salvation" of the nation from abroad. One seeks that salvation in the North, the other in the West, and some in Turkey, no matter how incredible it may seem.

Meanwhile, it is a fact that the countries which view the issue of "salvation" as a cornerstone of international relations and, accordingly, seek external "saviors" are treated with contempt, and the result, as a rule, is tragic. We seem to have passed that "lesson."

And since the search for "saviors" is no longer a surprise in domestic politics, the competition for that search has begun to enter the field of international relations. A universal scheme of thinking or a worldview model has spread, according to which, if it is possible inside, then it is also possible outside.

International relations, however, work according to different rules, emotions do not matter there, and relations are not built on "requests." There are interests, relations based on geopolitical balances, and there is a will to advance one's own interests, and the most important thing - political knowledge and professional perfection.

Elections are ahead, which is a good opportunity to set the most important agenda: army reorganization, economic recovery and development, implementation of educational reforms, application of fair measures for border demarcation, active review of the Artsakh issue and many other questions, on which the public is waiting for answers from the present and future elected representatives of the people.

However, most political parties are concerned about having seats in parliament, It is the guarantee of staying in the game, and few people are engaged in real politics, that is, in developing political positions and principles on important issues and proposing practical steps. Whereas, political positions are messages to the public, as well as to foreign partners, and in case of coming to power, they are the main concepts of the future state policy.

Now it is customary in Armenia to accuse the people of not being able to orient themselves in the current situation and in the issue of this or that political party.  However,  did those same political parties offer any programs, road maps to the society which would give an opportunity to orient and choose the best? Hardly ever.

During the elections, it will become clear how many of the participants are really political parties and how many are waiting for "salvation" coming from abroad. As they say, we will live to see.