YEREVAN. – Number nine of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) proportional list Hmayak Hovhannisyan considers he has no right to quit the party unless there are serious reasons, he told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding he is not a member of the PAP.

Hovhannisyan believes that the party leader Gagik Tsarukyan will solve the issue of forming a coalition based on goals and tasks.

Asked whether Hovhannisyan will quit the party if Tsarukyan forms a group the goal and task of which he is opposed to, the politician said that it is better not make some statements ahead of time as the issue is still under discussion. Besides, he is responsible for the PAP and Tsarukyan, he emphasized.

Earlier the agency reported that media outlets are circulating rumors saying PAP is divided into two parts on possible coalition with the Republican Party. One part, supporting the Armenian second President Robert Kocharyan is against the coalition, while other members backing incumbent PAP head Tsarukyan, want to form a coalition. 

 

 

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