The latest reshuffles are not at all political ones. Rather, they are part of PR techniques, he political expert Armen Badalyan told journalists January 21.

“Ministers were replaced before as well, but without any stir about it. The recent changes were a mere change in the order of the summands; the Minister of Finance went to the Ministry of Economy, the Minister of Economy went to the Central Bank. That is there have been false changes,” Badalyan said.

As regards Gagik Beglaryan’s resignation from the post of Yerevan Mayor, the expert said that it was a “great example of black PR.” “In fact, no one understood anything. Rumors were rapidly spread that he had beaten a staffer of the Presidential Protocol Service. It turned out later Beglaryan had not beaten, and so on and so forth. A story that seemed true was put into circulation, and people believed the story,” Badalyan said.

NEWS.am reminds readers that Yerevan Mayor Gagil Beglaryan had to resign after an incident that occurred after Pacido Domingo`s concert in Yerevan last December.