Friday, October 28 2016 15:57

ArmInfo. The parliamentary groups take a positive view of ex- leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Gagik Tsarukyan's possible return to mainstream politics.   

PAP faction member Vahe Enfiajyan says that Tsarukyan can consolidate  the opposition field. Enfiajyan stresses that he will only welcome  Tsarukyan's return. "The PAP is one of the influential political  forces.  Tsarukyan is at the origins of the party. So, his possible  return is a positive fact for us," he stresses.   

Head of the Heritage Party Faction Zaruhi Postanjyan says: "His  return may be a necessity for his supporters, but it will change  nothing for me". At the same time, she thinks that Tsarukyan's return  will be a pre-electoral step. "He was driven away from politics and  now the ruling authoritarian regime lets him come back. So, one  cannot speak of any opposition sentiments, she stresses.        

Head of the Armenian National Congress Faction Levon Zurabyan says  that if the PAP ex-head is returning to mainstream politics because  the prominent politicians do not cope with the existing problems, the  ANC is ready to assume that burden.    

Orinats Yerkir Faction member Mher Shahgeldyan thinks that it is the  personal business of Tsarukyan and the comments on this will be  relevant only after he comes back.

The heads of the factions of the Republican Party of Armenia and ARF  Dashnaktsutyun, Vahram Baghdasaryan and Armen Rustamyan, see nothing  bad in Tsarukyan's possible return to politics. "We are willing to  cooperate with him after he returns," they say.

To note, ex-leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party, lawmaker and  businessman Gagik Tsarukyan told reporters on October 26 that he will  "open the closed page again" if need be. Tsarukyan stressed that he  needs neither fame nor a political post.  If he decides to return to  politics, he will do it as a matter of necessity. "If the prominent  politicians fail to cope with the tasks, I will open the closed  page," he stressed.   

By ArmInfo's data, this November at the PAP congress, the  leadership of the party will be changed and Gagik Tsarukyan will  return to his post of PAP leader. An arrangement on Tsarukyan's  return to the political field has already been achieved with  President Serzh Sargsyan. According to ArmInfo's sources, Tsarukyan  is returning to form a post-election coalition with the ruling  Republican Party in 2017.  The third party to join the coalition will  be ARF Dashnaktsutyun, as the country's leadership plans.