PAP BOYCOTTS FOUR-DAY PARLIAMENT SESSION
POLITICS | 23.02.15 | 12:34
The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) of embattled tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan
has decided to boycott the four-day parliament session that opened
today.
The decision was ready out by the faction secretary Naira Zohrabyan,
after which all members present in the chamber left.
“Considering the unprecedented situation created in the internal
political field of Armenia, the PAP parliamentary faction declares
that we will boycott this four-day session,” Zohrabyan said. “In the
next few days the PAP will come up with clear explanations and will
present to the public and its partners its steps and strategy.”
Five PAP members have quit the party’s parliamentary faction and
another member said he was quitting the parliament since the start
of the standoff between Tsarukyan and President Serzh Sargsyan and
his ruling Republican Party of Armenia on February 12.
Tensions subsided only after a report about the Tsarukyan-Sargsyan
meeting on February 17 after which the PAP withdrew its participation
from a joint rally scheduled with its two opposition allies – the
Armenian National Congress and Heritage – for last Friday.