YEREVAN. – Roza Tsarukyan, who is the mother of Prosperous Armenia Party leader and businessman Gagik Tsarukyan, will resign from her position as the head of the National Union of Farmers.    

Tsarukyan herself stated the aforementioned during Sunday’s conference, which was held on the occasion of Farmer’s Day, during which Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan presented awards to several farmers.   

“Tsarukyan Gagik gave 200 million [drams; approximately $492,920] from the charitable foundation [of his]. They should have given a certificate to his plant’s manager, who is represented here; I am very offended,” Roza Tsarukyan stated.     

She added that she, too, is doing a lot of work.

“[But] I was found deserving of nothing [in Armenia], whereas I received a platinum star from a global organization,” Tsarukyan continued.  

She also stated that the she soon will convene a National Union of Farmers congress, during which she will resign from her position as the head of this organization.

“Numerous farmers, about whom I heard for the first time, were awarded,” Roza Tsarukyan noted.