GAGIK TSARUKIAN REELECTED AS BARGAVACH HAYASTAN’S CHAIRMAN

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Gagik Tsarukian was reelected as
Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) Party’s Chairman at the
party’s third special congress. This was reported at the press
conference following the congress, in which, as it had been announced
beforehand, the party Chairaman did not take part.

In the words of Vardan Vardanian, member of party’s Political Board,
no other candidate had been nominated for the post of party’s
Chairman. He also said that no institute of deputy chairmen is
envisaged by the party regulations.

Bargavach Hayastan’s Political Board headed by G. Tsarukian was also
elected at the congress. The Political Board consisting of 35 members
also includes renowned figures of science, art, health and sport
spheres. There are also some high-ranking officials among them – RA
Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication Vardan Vardanian,
Chairman of Physical Culture and Sport State Committee attached to RA
government Ishkhan Zakarian, the latter’s deputy Mikael Ispirian and
Prefect of Yerevan’s Nubarashen community Mher Hovhannisian.

Besides G. Tsarukian, the Political Board includes one more
businessperson, Chairwoman and Director of Garun OJSC Gohar Yenokian.
Former RA MP Vardan Bostanjian, Head of Yerevan State University’s
Financial-accountancy Chair, is the only one on this list who has a
great experience of law-creating activity.

In response to Noyan Tapan correspondent’s question, the latter said
that in addition to him, Bargavach Hayastan’s program’s author is also
former Secretary of NA Ardarutiun (Justice) faction Viktor Dallakian
who is not a member of the party is has not applied for joining the
party. It was mentioned that against some rumors, another former
member of Ardarutiun faction Tatul Manaserian is not party member,
either. And though independent MP Emma Khudabashian elected by PPA’s
proportional list is a member of Bargavach Hayastan, she was not
included in the Political Board.

It was mentioned at the press conference that currently the Bargavach
Hayastan party has 370 thousand members. In the words of Aram
Safarian, member of party’s Political Board, senior lecturer of YSU
International Relations Chair, former political commentator of H2 TV
company, this number can be checked easily. He said that the party has
526 offices, 42 territorial and 614 initial organizations in the whole
territory of Armenia.