ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER WAS PROHIBITED FROM CREATING SEPARATE POLITICAL BLOC, SAYS MP

Tert.am
16:22 ~U 30.11.09

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s political bearing as
of late testifies to the fact that he intends to create a separate
political bloc, said Heritage Party MP Stepan Safaryan during a press
conference today.

According to Safaryan, the government leader’s projects could’ve been
carried out if governing authorities had allowed him to do so. As
recently reported by Tert.am, the Republican Party of Armenia recently
welcomed Tigran Sargsyan into its ranks.

Safaryan also added that a widely held public opinion stated that it
was the Republican Party of Armenia itself that had appealed to Tigran
Sargsyan to join its party (prior to that, the prime minister did not
belong to any political party). According to Safaryan, the formation
of a new political party by the prime minister could become a problem
for the governing authorities. For that reason, they made the best
possible decision to recruit RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan as a
Republican Party of Armenia member.

Also participating in the press conference was governing party MP
Karen Avagyan who refuted such allegations. According to Avagyan, the
Republican Party of Armenia never appealed to anyone with the request
of joining its ranks. In Avagyan’s words, it’s not appropriate to seek
"sharp corners" in this issue.

Avagyan also stated that there’s nothing unusual about the fact that
certain members of the government have become members of the Republican
Party of Armenia.