Gagik Tsarukyan has stepped down as the chairman of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) and has left politics to prevent recurrence of maidans, shocks and bloodshed in Armenia, Vahe Hovhannisyan, MP, member of the PAP Political Council, said at today's press conference following the PAP's extraordinary congress.
"Gagik Tsarukyan realized that shocks and bloodshed would be unavoidable unless he left the mainstream politics", said Hovhannisyan.
For her part, Naira Zohrabyan, the new chairwoman of the Party, begged the journalists' pardon because she was unable to answer all their questions. However, she promised to satisfy their curiosity after the PAP elaborates its new strategy.
She only said that the PAP will be in the opposition's camp and that her stand on the constitutional reforms remains unchanged (the PAP comes out against the reforms - editor's note).
Zohrabyan also failed to answer the question who else will leave the PAP. In the meantime, she is sure that despite the latest processes, the PAP will be able to promptly restore its image in the political field.