Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan tries to save the Prosperous Armenian Party (PAP) that is due to collapse. His 'envoys' are now persuading some leading representatives of the Party not to leave to.
According to the Haykakan Zhamanak Daily, Abrahmyan pins hopes with PAP, since it may help him ensure strong positions in the power hierarchy during the election processes in 2017-2018. The paper writes that ex-leader of PAP Gagik Tsarukyan, in turn, tries to wreck Abrahamyan's plans. Tsarukyan actively works with his former party-men to make them leave the party. Tsarukyan seeks revenge against his relative Hovik Abrahamyan after the prime minister openly slammed him after the notorious meeting of the Republican Party Executive Board. Then Abrahamyan warned that Tsarukyan would be responsible for possible domestic policy tensions in the country.
To recall, speaking at the Republican Party Council meeting on February 12, Serzh Sargsyan levered harsh criticism at Tsarukyan for his 'pseudo-political' activity, saying he would be excluded from the Security Council, because "the supreme security body of the country is not a cinema where one can come and leave when he wants." The president blamed Tsarukyan for non- competence and for tax evasion.