YEREVAN. – Armenian authorities are making scapegoat out of Premier, secretary of the opposition ANC faction said. Aram Manukyan told reporters he even wants to defend the Prime Minister.  

“What is happening is not only the fault of the Prime Minister, all that happens is regulated and carried out at the direction of one person - Serzh Sargsyan. You need to falsify to be successful in any area. This system is specifically designed so that the ruling regime could take control of the forgers, could use them, and then, if necessary, sacrifice them,” Manukyan said during the Friday briefing in parliament.

If PM has agreed to creation of a parliamentary commission to carry out an investigation into offshore companies in Cyprus, it would be a chance to distance himself from the scandal, Manukyan believes.

As for the report submitted by the Control Chamber, the opposition MP said presentation of such reports is nothing but “a show of the Control Chamber.”