TIGRAN KARAPETYAN: HHK WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM CONFLICT WITH BHK (VIDEO)
12:42 | February 16,2015 | Politics
The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will not benefit from the
conflict with Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukyan,
says Chairman of the People’s Party (ZhK) Tigran Karapetyan.
On Sunday, Mr Karapetyan watched an interview of Education Minister
Armen Ashotyan and was greatly disappointed. “Ashotyan was criticizing
Tsarukyan’s way of speaking but does he speak correctly himself? Both
Ashotyan and [Eduard] Sharmazanov were once guests at the ALM studio
and I saw how they sought for words to express their thoughts,”
he said.
Instead of speaking about Tsarukyan’s level of speech, they had better
care about our children serving in Karabakh, speed camera and the
businesses owned by the Republicans, advises Tigran Karapetyan.
Speaking about Serzh Sargsyan’s speech in which he said Tsarukyan must
be ousted from politics and ordered tax inspections of his numerous
businesses, the ZhK leader says the speech was not characteristic of
a country’s leader. “They say Tsarukyan does not pay taxes. Was it
something new for them? Do Republicans pay taxes?”
Mr Karapetyan accounts the Republicans’ actions for the fact that
they felt a threat from the BHK: people like Gagik Tsarukyan and his
Prosperous Armenia Party.
“Tsarukyan has been engaged in philanthropy. But what have the
authorities done for our people?” he says.
Speaking about [second President] Robert Kocharyan’s return to
politics, Tigran Karapetyan said he did not think people will let
Kocharyan’s comeback.
In conclusion, the ZhK leader said he was going to attend the
nationwide rally to be held by the BHK, Armenian National Congress
and Heritage in Liberty Square this Friday. He also said if the BHK
came to power and offered him office he would refuse to accept it. “I
do not want any office. I shall turn 70 this year and I have seen
everything in my life. I do not need anything,” he said.