ANC: Mandate scandal in the bloc "Tsarukyan" is the result of "intrigues" of Serzh Sargsyan
ArmInfo. The scandal in the block "Tsarukyan" is the result of the intrigues of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. This was stated at the briefing in the parliament by the head of the faction of the Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabyan. According to him, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia held parliamentary elections on April 2 ensured the reproduction of power. "Now the task set for Sargsyan is to become Prime Minister without shocks, but considering the bickering in the ranks of this party, and the factor of the current head of government Karen Karapetyan, who does not intend to surrender positions, it is necessary to create a parliament as loyal to the president as possible, and deputies who break away from Tsarukyan bloc serve this purpose," Zurabyan stressed.
In his turn, the head of the RPA Vahram Baghdasaryan urged to treat with irony such statements of the ANC. At the same time he expressed confidence that soon the situation in the bloc will be settled. "If not, then the law enforcement agencies will do it," he said.
To note, on May 3, the CEC satisfied the claim of 12 deputy candidates from Tsaroukyan bloc, winning the parliamentary elections on getting mandates. Particularly, the mandates will receive Khachik Manukyan, Ararat Zurabyan, Mushegh Saghatelyan, Harutyun Karagezyan, Sergey Baghratyan, Napoleon Azizyan, Hrant Davtyan, Vahan Karapetyan, Manuk Suqiasyan, Arturh Manukyan, Artem Tsaroukyan and Alik Eghikyan. The list of candidates who defeated the mandate of the winning candidates was published, if in the case of the Republican Party and the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" the situation was clear - those who intend to deploy activities in the executive branch refused from claims to seats in the parliament, Bloc Tsarukyan caused a lot of questions. In this list of 23 people were almost all the candidates who won through rating system, many of whom, as it turned out later, did not write applications for self-withdrawal. Later it appeared that these candidates did not right such applications, and later they submitted new applications to CEC on intention to take the mandates. However, repressions were used against some of them.