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EX-FOREIGN MINISTER AND PARTY FELLOWS THREATEN TO START SIT-INS AND HUNGER STRIKES
YEREVAN, February 16. / ARKA /. Several parliament members from
the Prosperous Armenia Party, including ex foriegn minister Vartan
Oskanian, secretary of the party's parliamentary faction Naira
Zohrabyan and others may start a sit-in and a hunger strike if the
party leader Gagik Tsarukyan is stripped of his parliamentary seat,
RFE/RL reported quoting a party member Vahan Babayan. Babayan said
this decision was made by the party's governing board.
In the mealtime the Armenian parliament was to discuss the issue
on the grounds of "Tsarukyan's chronic absenteeism" after president
Sargsyan said last week that Tsarukyan attended only four of the 145
meetings of the legislative body.
Speaking at a Thursday meeting of the executive board of the ruling
Republican Party of Armenia president Sargsyan lashed out at his
former coalition partner describing him as 'a scourge for the country
who lacks intelligence, skills and education to govern Armenia.'
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.
In retaliation to Sargsyan's crackdown, the leader of the Prosperous
Armenia Party said the following day that the current situation in
the country requires solution and 'the only solution is a complete
change of power through extraordinary presidential elections.'
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.
On February 20, the party and its key allies, the Armenian National
Congress and Heritage, plan to hold a joint rally in Yerevan to press
for Sargsyan's ouster.-0-
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YEREVAN, February 16. / ARKA /. Several parliament members from
the Prosperous Armenia Party, including ex foriegn minister Vartan
Oskanian, secretary of the party's parliamentary faction Naira
Zohrabyan and others may start a sit-in and a hunger strike if the
party leader Gagik Tsarukyan is stripped of his parliamentary seat,
RFE/RL reported quoting a party member Vahan Babayan. Babayan said
this decision was made by the party's governing board.
In the mealtime the Armenian parliament was to discuss the issue
on the grounds of "Tsarukyan's chronic absenteeism" after president
Sargsyan said last week that Tsarukyan attended only four of the 145
meetings of the legislative body.
Speaking at a Thursday meeting of the executive board of the ruling
Republican Party of Armenia president Sargsyan lashed out at his
former coalition partner describing him as 'a scourge for the country
who lacks intelligence, skills and education to govern Armenia.'
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.
In retaliation to Sargsyan's crackdown, the leader of the Prosperous
Armenia Party said the following day that the current situation in
the country requires solution and 'the only solution is a complete
change of power through extraordinary presidential elections.'
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.
On February 20, the party and its key allies, the Armenian National
Congress and Heritage, plan to hold a joint rally in Yerevan to press
for Sargsyan's ouster.-0-
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/ex_foreign_minister_and_party_fellows_threaten_to_ start_sit_ins_and_hunger_strikes/#sthash.pGi4XtsD.dpuf