YEREVAN. – According to the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) sources, the party-member business circles’ concern over their own future has somewhat lessened, 168 Zham daily reports.  

“The PAP members consider that [Party Chairman] Gagik Tsarukyan’s [recent] statement about PAP not being an opposition shows that they are protected and can continue to stay in the PAP ranks.

[But] prior to this statement, many of them were claiming that if the wish of [PAP MP, former FM] Vartan Oskanian and several other PAP members comes true and PAP announces about becoming an opposition, they would have to leave the party,” 168 Zham writes.