YEREVAN. - Ruling coalition’s Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan comments on the rumors concerning the political coalition:

What are PAP’s objectives and ambitions for the coming parliamentary elections?

Our ambitions are very logical and predictable: to at least maintain PAP’s current level of representation in the parliament and to attempt to attain more.

How do you see [ruling coalition partner] Republican Party of Armenia’s (RPA) chances in the coming election? 

Again, it is very logical that PAP likewise will work toward maintaining current level of representation and attaining more. And in general, we announced our common goals months ago, with the memorandum signed in February.

How would you comment on this uproar raised around RPA and PAP?

Individual media, [and] perhaps also those who expect to “fish in murky waters,” “decided” that there was a problem; they concocted stories of new memoranda. I believe our political figures, the press, and the body politic, in general, [and] since a long time, can separate real processes from made-up actions, and such “initiatives” can no longer achieve their goal in our country.