The Armenian authorities want to go to the upcoming parliamentary elections with new face.

Political analyst and Director of the Armenian Center for Strategic National Research, Manvel Sargsyan, told the aforementioned to Armenian News –NEWS.am, referring to the resignation of PM Hovik Abrahamyan.

“Apparently, the situation has somehow changed and Hovik Abrahamyan’s decision has to do with that. That is, new plans and new people [are needed]. The authorities are getting ready for the elections of 2017 and want to form the appearance and nature of the future authorities in advance and only then try to implement that plan during the elections,” Sargsyan noted.

According to the political analyst, the resignation of the PM is of great significance, since exactly he becomes the key person under the new Constitution.

“This means that the authorities want to go to the upcoming parliamentary elections with new faces. Hovik Abrahamyan has resigned and the office has been freed, and if Karen Karapetyan is to be appointed, then Abrahamyan is resigning to free the office exactly for him,” Sargsyan stressed.

Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan announced about his resignation following the meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday.