Today the discussion on the draft declaration of the power crisis in the country continued in the National Assembly of Armenia.
The draft was introduced by 'Prosperous Armenia', 'Heritage' and the Armenian National Congress in October 2014. Faction leader Levon Zurabyan, presenting the project, said that the government had admitted failure in all areas of life -economic, social, domestic and foreign policy. The sharpness of the discussion that followed revealed the depth of the split not only between the government and the opposition, but also among the opposition itself.
The co-authors of the draft statement, the PAP faction, boycotted the session because of the "difficult and tense internal political situation", and the press secretary of the Republican Party, Edward Sharmazanov, accused them of an inability to "unite even their partners." The Armenian National Congress's MP Nikol Pashinyan, whose project of President Serzh Sargsyan's impeachment bill failed yesterday, expressed confidence that the authorities in Armenia will not be replaced for another 20 years in such circumstances.
The press secretary of the Prosperous Armenia Party, Tigran Urikhanyan, told 'Vestnik Kavkaza' that the faction decided to skip yesterday's session as a "manifestation of the political position, including instruments to influence the situation, to which political organizations often resort". "A concrete step, a specific boycott, it is generally accepted in the civilized world as a political tool, a method of reaction to what is happening," Urikhanyan said.According to him, "the political landscape which there is in the country, requires, firstly, a reassessment of the situation."
"We must note that many things need to be revaluates, priorities established according to the beliefs, the position, the policy and the program provisions for which we stand. At the moment, 'Prosperous Armenia' is developing a position and an action plan for the near future, which will be appropriate to the current internal shuffling," Urikhanyan said, adding also that according to information about the possible resignation of Gagik Tsarukyan, an official statement will be made soon.
