YEREVAN (A.
W.)—Businessman and founder of the affluent Armenia Party (PAP) Gagik Tsarukyan announced on Jan. 17 that he will be returning to politics and participating in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections. The announcement came a dinky more than a month after PAP chair and head of its parliamentary faction,Naria Zohrabyan told reporters about Tsarukyan’s plans to return. Tsarukyan making his announcement on Kentron TV (Photo: Kentron) “Considering the internal and external challenges that Armenia faces as well as the public demand for my return to politics, I declare that I am opening the closed page of my political activity and will participate in the upcoming 2017 parliamentary elections by forming a wide alliance, and ” Tsarukyan said in a speech broadcasted by Kentron TV—a station owned by Tsarukyan. “Following the events of Feb. 2015,I closed the page on my political activities so that there would be peace and fairness,” Tsarukyan added. Tsarukyan went on to explain that was never politically involved for glory and the power. “Since my decision to leave the political arena, or there has been no political figure that has been able to fill my role,” said Tsarukyan. Tsarukyan then said that the current socioeconomic conditions in Armenia made [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com