KAREN KARAPETYAN MAY LEAVE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Lragir.am
25 July 06
The Lragir has learned that Member of Parliament Karen Karapetyan,
the leader of the People’s Deputy Group, who joined the Republican
Party on these days, may soon quit the party. The point is that the
membership of the member of parliament to the Republican Party was
very sudden. Our source says Karen Karapetyan was not happy about
membership and he agreed only because there was a hasty situation. It
is notable that Karen Karapetyan was not present at the conference
of the Republican Party because he was not in Armenia. It is also
notable that he was elected chair of one of the party committees in his
absence. Perhaps they tried to bind Karen Karapetyan to additional
responsibility. However, as our source informs, the problem is
that in Russia they are against Karen Karapetyan’s membership. Our
source mentions that Russia does not approve the consolidation of
the administrative-criminal resource. It may seem at first sight that
it can have nothing to do with Karen Karapetyan. It should be taken
into account, however, that Karapetyan’s brother runs a rather big
business in Russia, and in this context this factor would affect his
brother’s engagement in home political developments in Armenia.