Gagik Tsarukyan elected chairman of Prosperous Armenia party
10.02.2017,
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Gagik Tsarukyan, one of the wealthiest Armenians and the founder of Prosperous Armenia party, was again elected as chairman of the party and head of its Political Council at a congress of the party today.
YEREVAN, February 10. /ARKA/. Gagik Tsarukyan, one of the wealthiest Armenians and the founder of Prosperous Armenia party, was again elected as chairman of the party and head of its Political Council at a congress of the party today.
The Prosperous Armenia was created in 2004. In the current parliament, it has the second largest faction. In 2015, Tsarukyan resigned as head of the party following a conflict with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.
The discord between Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Gagik Tsarukyan escalated in 2015 February. Speaking on February 12 at a meeting of the executive board of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, President Sargsyan lashed out at his former coalition partner describing him as ‘a scourge for the country who lacks intelligence, skills and education to govern Armenia.’
Sargsyan told then Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan to instruct corresponding bodies to thoroughly investigate the veracity of “unverified reports” implicating Tsarukyan in large-scale tax evasion.
In retaliation to Sargsyan’s crackdown, the leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party said the following day that the current situation in the country requires solution and 'the only solution is a complete change of power through extraordinary presidential elections.' Gagik Tsarukyan said also he was offered the post of president of the country but only after constitutional reforms that would turn Armenia into a parliamentary republic.
He claimed that the reform is aimed at enabling Sargsyan to stay in power after the end of his second and final presidential term in 2018. Tsarukyan said he declined the offer causing Sargsyan’s anger. Later the two men’s relations normalized. -0-
The Prosperous Armenia was created in 2004. In the current parliament, it has the second largest faction. In 2015, Tsarukyan resigned as head of the party following a conflict with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.
The discord between Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Gagik Tsarukyan escalated in 2015 February. Speaking on February 12 at a meeting of the executive board of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, President Sargsyan lashed out at his former coalition partner describing him as ‘a scourge for the country who lacks intelligence, skills and education to govern Armenia.’
Sargsyan told then Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan to instruct corresponding bodies to thoroughly investigate the veracity of “unverified reports” implicating Tsarukyan in large-scale tax evasion.
In retaliation to Sargsyan’s crackdown, the leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party said the following day that the current situation in the country requires solution and 'the only solution is a complete change of power through extraordinary presidential elections.' Gagik Tsarukyan said also he was offered the post of president of the country but only after constitutional reforms that would turn Armenia into a parliamentary republic.
He claimed that the reform is aimed at enabling Sargsyan to stay in power after the end of his second and final presidential term in 2018. Tsarukyan said he declined the offer causing Sargsyan’s anger. Later the two men’s relations normalized. -0-
