YEREVAN. – Today, many people are applying to join the PAP. Arman Abovyan, secretary of the parliamentary faction of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), on Thursday said this to journalists in the National Assembly.

"The authorities, seeing the attitude of the people towards us, are trying—by PR steps—to either prove the opposite, or make dirty information leaks. It will not work because even lies, fraud, and information waste have a certain limit after which they do not affect people," he said.

And when asked who will replace—PAP leader, MP, and business tycoon—Gagik Tsarukyan as head of the PAP faction in parliament, Abovyan responded: "Mr. Tsarukyan will not be changed, has not been changed, and we don’t even have such a goal. He has been, is, and will remain the leader of our faction and party in any case. Wherever Mr. Tsarukyan will be, I assure you, we have devised all levers of operative administration, and we will not have any problems at all.”