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    SARGSYAN LASHES OUT AT TSARUKYAN, DEFENDS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM

    POLITICS | 12.02.15 | 22:41

    Serzh Sargsyan (left), Gagik Tsarukyan

    Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who leads the ruling Republican
    Party of Armenia (RPA) has strongly criticized and even ridiculed
    leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Gagik Tsarukyan in
    remarks made at an RPA Council meeting tonight.

    Sargsyan, who used unusually strong language in his speech, in
    particular, said that "as a political actor Tsarukyan has become a
    vice for our country."

    He used the word "circus" at least twice to refer to the political
    activities unfolded by Tsarukyan. He also implied that Tsarukyan did
    not "understand" what he was "reading out" in his speech last week.

    In that speech at a conference of "non-governing" forces on February
    5, Tsarukyan effectively warned the current political leadership to
    abandon plans for a constitutional reform that the PAP and some other
    opposition groups regard as a means for the RPA to retain its political
    power after Sargsyan's second and last presidential term ends in 2018,
    or face street protests to be organized by opposition forces.

    President Sargsyan defended the integrity of the reform that he
    said was necessary for the country's future generations, giving
    no indications that he intended to give it up. At the same time,
    he appeared to call for a broader political support for the initiative.

    In his remarks at the RPA Council President Sargsyan also announced
    that Tsarukyan will be excluded from the National Security Council
    considering his chronic absenteeism and also urged the leadership of
    the National Assembly to consider ways to put an end to the situation
    connected with Tsarukyan's being absent from parliament sessions most
    of the time.

    More importantly, Sargsyan called on Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan,
    who is known to be in-laws with Tsarukyan, to instruct "corresponding"
    bodies to look into allegations that Tsarukyan could be linked to
    tax evasion schemes. He said "unverified" reports about mechanisms of
    "professionally covering up" criminal cases will also be examined.

    Read President Serzh Sargsyan's full speech in Armenian here.

    http://armenianow.com/hy/news/politics/60576/armenia_republican_party_council_meeting_sargsyan_ tsarukyan

    http://armenianow.com/news/politics/60575/armenia_republican_party_council_meeting_sargsyan_ tsarukyan



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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