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ALEXANDER ISKANDARYAN: RPA WANTS NEW MEMORANDUM FOR TSARUKYAN TO GIVE UP IDEA OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
Panorama.am
25/10/2012
I would refrain from making assumptions that Gagik Tsarukyan will
be broken ahead of the presidential elections, political scientist
Alexander Iskandaryan told reporters in Yerevan.
According to him, the key issue on Armenia's domestic political agenda
is whether Prosperous Armenia Party will nominate its candidate for
president or will back Serzh Sargsyan in the presidential elections.
"If PAP does not nominate its candidate, the other parties will
benefit from it because it will lead to dynamics of votes received by
them. However, it is still unclear which way Tsarukyan will choose,
because the pressures against him have not broken him yet," said
the expert.
Referring to Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's statement that currently
the coalition memorandum is the only document signed by Tsarukyan
which certifies that he will back Serzh Sargsyan in the presidential
elections, Iskandaryan noted that all developments show that RPA
wants to have a new memorandum for Tsarukyan to give up the idea of
running for president.
As for nomination of other candidates from PAP, in particular, Vartan
Oskanian, Iskandaryan said it is unlikely but cannot be ruled out.
Panorama.am
25/10/2012
I would refrain from making assumptions that Gagik Tsarukyan will
be broken ahead of the presidential elections, political scientist
Alexander Iskandaryan told reporters in Yerevan.
According to him, the key issue on Armenia's domestic political agenda
is whether Prosperous Armenia Party will nominate its candidate for
president or will back Serzh Sargsyan in the presidential elections.
"If PAP does not nominate its candidate, the other parties will
benefit from it because it will lead to dynamics of votes received by
them. However, it is still unclear which way Tsarukyan will choose,
because the pressures against him have not broken him yet," said
the expert.
Referring to Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's statement that currently
the coalition memorandum is the only document signed by Tsarukyan
which certifies that he will back Serzh Sargsyan in the presidential
elections, Iskandaryan noted that all developments show that RPA
wants to have a new memorandum for Tsarukyan to give up the idea of
running for president.
As for nomination of other candidates from PAP, in particular, Vartan
Oskanian, Iskandaryan said it is unlikely but cannot be ruled out.