YEREVAN. – In August, when Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan found out that National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan had started playing games—with Russia and the parliamentary elite that arrived in Armenia—in connection with the Eurasian Union, Sargsyan made Abrahamyan understand that if he continues with this, he will be dismissed once again, and sooner than Plan A, Hraparak daily writes.     

“And Plan ‘A’ envisions Hovik Abrahamyan’s dismissal and, in general, the ruling pyramid’s complete change immediately after [next year’s] presidential elections. Plan ‘B’ [, on the other and, envisions] a quicker dismissal, if Abrahamyan is unable to make [Prosperous Armenian Party leader] Gagik Tsarukyan make a statement on supporting Serzh Sargsyan [in the elections]. But with his announcement made in Masis [city], Tsarukyan had angered 26 Baghramian [Avenue, that is, the Presidential Palace].    

[But] Two days after the announcement, Hovik Abrahamyan was able to set up a meeting dinner, at the garden of Gagik Tsarukyan’s home, in Serzh Sargsyan’s honor, so that Tsarukyan would give the President assurances on the future,” Hraparak writes.