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TSARUKYAN SAYS HE WAS OFFERED PRESIDENTIAL POST AFTER MAKING ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC
YEREVAN, February 13. / ARKA /. Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik
Tsarukyan, who came under an unusually harsh attack by President Serzh
Sargsyan yesterday, said today he was offered the post of president
of the country but only constitutional reforms that would turn Armenia
into a parliamentary republic.
Speaking at a meeting of senior members of the party today Tsarukyan
claimed that the reform is aimed at enabling Sargsyan to stay in
power after the end of his second and final presidential term in 2018.
Tsarukyan said he declined the offer causing Sargsyan's anger.
"I want to be sincere. I was offered various options of cooperation,
personal lucrative offers, including the post of president but only
after turning Armenia into a parliamentary republic, but on condition
that I agree to the reproduction of power," said Tsarukyan.
According to Tsarukyan, he was, as a matter of fact, asked to help
fulfill the desire of the current head of state to govern the country
for life by amending the constitution.
"I firmly rejected that anti-state approach, because a person
responsible for the country's regression can not have such ambitions.
It was my strong position that made Sargsyan break the rules of
political and human relations. This is the reality and nothing more,
" said Tsarukyan. According to him, a war is declared on him.
"I accept the challenge and will go to the bitter end," he said.
Tsarukyan's statement came in retaliation to a Thursday meeting of
the executive board of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia where
president Sargsyan lashed out at him describing him as 'a scourge
for the country who lacks intelligence, skills and education to
govern Armenia.' Speaking at the meeting president Sargsyan told
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan to instruct corresponding bodies
to thoroughly investigate the veracity of "unverified reports"
implicating Tsarukyan in large-scale tax evasion.
President Sargsyan said also he will convene a meeting of the National
Security Council today to discuss rumors that Tsarukyan has set up a
"mechanism for a professional cover-up of many crimes."
Prosperous Armenia is the second largest force in the parliament
controlling 36 seats. It was part of coalition governments from 2007
to 2012. According to some estimates, Tsarukyan is the third-richest
person of Armenia -
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YEREVAN, February 13. / ARKA /. Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik
Tsarukyan, who came under an unusually harsh attack by President Serzh
Sargsyan yesterday, said today he was offered the post of president
of the country but only constitutional reforms that would turn Armenia
into a parliamentary republic.
Speaking at a meeting of senior members of the party today Tsarukyan
claimed that the reform is aimed at enabling Sargsyan to stay in
power after the end of his second and final presidential term in 2018.
Tsarukyan said he declined the offer causing Sargsyan's anger.
"I want to be sincere. I was offered various options of cooperation,
personal lucrative offers, including the post of president but only
after turning Armenia into a parliamentary republic, but on condition
that I agree to the reproduction of power," said Tsarukyan.
According to Tsarukyan, he was, as a matter of fact, asked to help
fulfill the desire of the current head of state to govern the country
for life by amending the constitution.
"I firmly rejected that anti-state approach, because a person
responsible for the country's regression can not have such ambitions.
It was my strong position that made Sargsyan break the rules of
political and human relations. This is the reality and nothing more,
" said Tsarukyan. According to him, a war is declared on him.
"I accept the challenge and will go to the bitter end," he said.
Tsarukyan's statement came in retaliation to a Thursday meeting of
the executive board of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia where
president Sargsyan lashed out at him describing him as 'a scourge
for the country who lacks intelligence, skills and education to
govern Armenia.' Speaking at the meeting president Sargsyan told
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan to instruct corresponding bodies
to thoroughly investigate the veracity of "unverified reports"
implicating Tsarukyan in large-scale tax evasion.
President Sargsyan said also he will convene a meeting of the National
Security Council today to discuss rumors that Tsarukyan has set up a
"mechanism for a professional cover-up of many crimes."
Prosperous Armenia is the second largest force in the parliament
controlling 36 seats. It was part of coalition governments from 2007
to 2012. According to some estimates, Tsarukyan is the third-richest
person of Armenia -
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/tsarukyan_says_he_was_offered_presidential_post_af ter_making_armenia_parliamentary_republic/#sthash.XCgTKTeE.dpuf