YEREVAN. – In all likelihood, PM Tigran Sargsyan will sign Saturday the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP)-member deputy ministers’ and deputy regional governors’ formal resignations from their offices, Armenian News-NEWS.am’s sources have informed.

To note, some PAP-member deputy ministers and deputy regional governors handed their resignations on Friday and the others will do this on Saturday.  

And our reliable sources have informed that the new deputy ministers and deputy regional governors could be designated in September.

The coalition Government’s junior partner, the Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party, will be given 4-5 deputy minister’s and deputy regional governor’s spots, and the rest will be occupied by the Government’s senior partner, the Republican Party. But non-party affiliates could be appointed, too.   

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, PAP-member deputy ministers and deputy regional governors submitted their formal resignations from their offices on Friday.   

“Following the May 6, 2012 parliamentary elections, the Prosperous Armenia Party reached a political decision to not participate in the formation of the coalition government. Remaining faithful to our party’s political decision, we [hereby] announce about our resignations, which we have submitted today [Friday].     

Our terms in office, [still] some time after the elections, pursued solely one objective: to not jeopardize and to finish the current programs.  

We extend our thanks to our ministers and regional governors, for the collaboration, and wish success in resolving the problems the country faces,” the PAP deputy ministers’ and deputy regional governors’ respective statement reads. 

The announcement is signed by Emergency Situations Deputy Minister Romik Tigranyan, Territorial Administration Deputy Minister Ruben Simonyan, Deputy Agriculture Minister Vardan Karapetyan, Deputy Governor Edik Karakhanyan of Lori Region, and Deputy Governor Manafas Arakelyan of Aragatsotn Region.