YEREVAN. – Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan went to the President and offered his resignation by his own decision.

Vahram Baghdasaryan, head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) National Assembly Faction, on Friday told about the aforesaid to reporters.

He recalled that, during his tenure as PM, Abrahamyan interacted with the public and civil society, and he did not evade talks.

Nonetheless, as per Baghdasaryan, there is a need for change in the programs. In his words, however, these changes need to be carried out by way of newer programmatic approaches. 

As per Vahram Baghdasaryan, if from now on the authorities fail to make the society sense these changes, the government and the halls of power will have a lot to think about.

He noted that there is a huge gap in Armenia’s political opposition, and this prevents the authorities from working.

“Because everyone seeks to capture the opposition arena, and they target the authorities,” added Baghdasaryan.

At the end of Thursday’s Cabinet session, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan issued a statement informing that he is stepping down.

And during the RPA Board meeting later in the evening, President of Armenia and RPA Chairman Sargsyan announced that he has decided to nominate Karen Karapetyan as the next Prime Minister of Armenia.

Karapetyan is the former mayor of capital city Yerevan, and former general director of ArmRosGazprom natural gas company.