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ARMENIAN POLITICAL EXPERT: NEXT PRIME MINISTER WILL ALSO BE FROM PALACE GUARD
by Ashot Safaryan
Monday, April 7, 14:35
Next prime minister of Armenia will also be from the palace guard
and the authorities will hardly yield any ministerial portfolio to
the opposition, Alexander Iskandaryan, a political expert, Director
of the Caucasus Institute, told reporters, Monday. He did name anyone
as candidate for the prime minister's post, saying that rumors about
probable successors of Tigran Sargsyan have flooded the press either
to see the public response or because of poor awareness.
According to Iskandaryan, the Armenian opposition is weak today and
it would be naive thinking that the president's decision to replace
Tigran Sargsyan was a result of the systematic and targeted pressure
by his opponents. Iskandaryan thinks the opposition heard about the
prime minister's resignation from news reports. It was a surprise
for the opposition.
As for the reasons that made the prime minister to step down, the
political expert said it was the second Cabinet to last so long in
the history of independent Armenia amid extremely heavy period of
economic stagnation.
"It was not the very government to work till 2018. The moment to
change the Cabinet was chosen for a reason, following all the possible
elections and processes connected with Armenia's accession to the
Customs Union," Iskandaryan said. The government could not be changed
in the middle of those processes, as "one shouldn't change horses in
the midstream." After all, he said, sacrificing the government is a
widely practiced political technology.
To recall, on April 3 Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stepped
down during the meeting of the Supreme Body of the Republican Party
of Armenia. President Serzh Sargsyan has accepted the resignation. In
compliance with Article 55 of the Constitution of the Republic of
Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan is to appoint a new prime minister
within 10 days. Afterwards, the new staff of the Government will be
formed within 20 days. All the ministers automatically become acting
ministers before the new premier is appointed. It is widely rumored
that the following officials are probable candidates to the prime
minister's post: Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, Orinats Yerkir Party Leader
Arthur Baghdasaryan, Head of the President's Staff Vigen Sargsyan,
and Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
by Ashot Safaryan
Monday, April 7, 14:35
Next prime minister of Armenia will also be from the palace guard
and the authorities will hardly yield any ministerial portfolio to
the opposition, Alexander Iskandaryan, a political expert, Director
of the Caucasus Institute, told reporters, Monday. He did name anyone
as candidate for the prime minister's post, saying that rumors about
probable successors of Tigran Sargsyan have flooded the press either
to see the public response or because of poor awareness.
According to Iskandaryan, the Armenian opposition is weak today and
it would be naive thinking that the president's decision to replace
Tigran Sargsyan was a result of the systematic and targeted pressure
by his opponents. Iskandaryan thinks the opposition heard about the
prime minister's resignation from news reports. It was a surprise
for the opposition.
As for the reasons that made the prime minister to step down, the
political expert said it was the second Cabinet to last so long in
the history of independent Armenia amid extremely heavy period of
economic stagnation.
"It was not the very government to work till 2018. The moment to
change the Cabinet was chosen for a reason, following all the possible
elections and processes connected with Armenia's accession to the
Customs Union," Iskandaryan said. The government could not be changed
in the middle of those processes, as "one shouldn't change horses in
the midstream." After all, he said, sacrificing the government is a
widely practiced political technology.
To recall, on April 3 Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stepped
down during the meeting of the Supreme Body of the Republican Party
of Armenia. President Serzh Sargsyan has accepted the resignation. In
compliance with Article 55 of the Constitution of the Republic of
Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan is to appoint a new prime minister
within 10 days. Afterwards, the new staff of the Government will be
formed within 20 days. All the ministers automatically become acting
ministers before the new premier is appointed. It is widely rumored
that the following officials are probable candidates to the prime
minister's post: Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, Orinats Yerkir Party Leader
Arthur Baghdasaryan, Head of the President's Staff Vigen Sargsyan,
and Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=5D94BCE0-BE40-11E3-BF250EB7C0D21663
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress