Press: Karapetyan threatened to resign, but later agreed to Sargsyan’s proposal

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“Armenian Times” the newspaper writes. “News are circulating, already in the press, that after 2018 they had a conversation on the topic of the Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and prime minister Karen Karapetyan: According to our information, Serzh Sargsyan informed Karen Karapetyan that he intends to hold the post of Prime Minister after 2018 and suggested that Karen Karapetyan take over the post of Deputy Prime Minister at that time. Karen Karapetyan, according to the news that reached us, tried to counter that he was promised that after 2018 he would continue to hold the post of Prime Minister, to which Serzh Sargsyan countered that Karen Karapetyan had also promised that there would be investments…

According to our sources, Karen Karapetyan initially did not agree with Serzh Sargsyan’s proposal and said that he would resign, to which Serzh Sargsyan offered to think carefully about his proposal for a few more days and make a new decision, making it clear that he will not convince Karen Karapetyan to withdraw from his resignation. A few days later, Karen Karapetyan already agreed to Serzh Sargsyan’s proposal to occupy the post of deputy prime minister during his prime ministership. We asked the Prime Minister’s spokesman Aram Araratyan for a comment on this news. “Let me not comment on gossip level news. The prime minister has repeatedly referred to that issue and his approach reported. I have nothing to add here,” Aram Araratyan told armtimes.com.”

“time” the newspaper writes. “October 15 marked the 70th anniversary of Kim Balayan, a member of the Constitutional Court. According to “Zhamanak” information: Kim Balayan the most likely contender for the position, the chairman of the National Assembly Committee on State and Legal Affairs Hrayr Tovmasyan is For a long time now, it has been rumored that Tovmasyan can replace the President of the CC Gagik Harutyunyan, who in 2018 on March 23, he turns 70 years old, and again by force of law his powers cease. But before becoming the president of the Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasyan must be a member of the Constitutional Court. Theoretically, Hrayr Tovmasyan can be appointed a member of the CC Gagik Harutyunyan instead, however, the government considers it more appropriate to appoint him as a member of the CC instead of Kim Balayan, so that he will be an ordinary member of the CC for a few months, and then only the NA will elect the president of the CC.”

“time” the newspaper writes. “The “Prosperous Armenia” party has decided to seriously deal with local government elections to be held in November. According to the information of “Zhamanak”, PAP attaches so much importance to the victory of its nominated candidates in those elections that members of the “Tsarukyan” alliance and the president of PAP, Gagik Tsarukyan, will participate in the campaign of the candidates. That participation will be by the same mechanism: first, deputies of the “Tsarukyan” bloc will meet with the voters, and then Tsarukyan will make a speech at the rally.”

“Publication” the newspaper writes. “According to our information, he is the former head of the NSS Carlos Petrosyan, who has been in Moscow for the last few years and holds a fairly solid position there, is not at all detached from Armenian domestic political developments. K., who knows the functions of “Grey Cardinal” best. Recently, Petrosyan has been meeting with Armenian political figures, including opposition figures, in Moscow Gagik Martirosyan with Let’s also remind that Petrosyan’s daughter is the son of RA Ambassador to Spain Adonts. Narek Adontsiit is the woman. Narek was also the assistant and godchild of the RA Prime Minister, but he was suddenly fired the other day.”

“time” the newspaper writes. According to “Zamanak” Gagik Tsarukyan and Ishkhan Zakaryan once tense relations have been smoothed out. According to our information, the PAP hopes that eventually the RPA-ARF tandem will offer the PAP to become a part of the government coalition, after which Ishkhan Zakaryan has an “appetite” to become the deputy prime minister, because according to the new Constitution, the government of Armenia will have three deputy prime ministers from April 2018. Our RPA sources inform, however, that even if the PAP is invited to the coalition, this does not necessarily mean that it will be reserved the position of deputy prime minister. The same applies to the federation. It is not excluded that all deputy prime ministers will be proposed and approved by the RPA in consultation with the coalition.”

“Fourth Power” the newspaper writes. According to “CHI” information, the Ministry of Transport, Communications and IT has been in the center of attention of the Presidential Control Service and the Control Chamber for a long time. As a result of the inspections, many violations were found in the ministry by those circles. According to our sources, Vahan Martirosyan, who has held the position of minister for more than a year, committed outrageous abuses during his activities. As a matter of fact, he did not lag behind his predecessor, Gagik Beglaryan, improving the latter’s work style with an updated version. According to “CHI” sources close to the presidential office, there will be a boom on this topic in the near future. Let’s wait for new developments.”

“Publication” the newspaper writes. “During the discussions of the bill on the prevention of domestic violence and the protection of persons subjected to domestic violence, the voices of our freedom-loving figures are not particularly heard in the noise created around it. They do not throw themselves into the street, nor beat their chests, nor, above all, pour ashes on their heads. And if they don’t fight, then who else should defend this libertarian bill so that it becomes a law, a mandatory norm in our Europeanization?

We understand that it is difficult to introduce this mine into the Armenian society, but on the other hand, we have many pro-Western figures who have spent their whole lives preaching European values ​​to that same society and convincing them that Armenians should finally come down from the mountains and live like advanced humanity. Meanwhile, the bill “On prevention of domestic violence and protection of persons subjected to domestic violence” is only one of the first swallows, so to speak, a touchstone, so that Europe also understands how far we are ready to integrate in other spheres, including morality, in addition to trade.

And imagine, at this crucial moment, our various liberals, grant-seeking NGOs, Western offices that stock up on “bits and hooves” are almost silent. And what will they do when it’s their turn to decide whether or not sexual minorities should serve in the Armenian army, when they say from Europe that it’s time to allow the registration of same-sex marriages? After all, modern Europe associates us with such things and not with our knowledge of the immortal works of Balzac and Goethe, Dumas and Shakespeare, Bach and Mozart. If what modern Europe and the West are trying to introduce to Armenia is really a good thing, then why do they give us money? for that. What, are they taking us? Is there a mother in Armenia today who has not left fingerprints on her child’s soft places, is there a father who has not nourished his son with words, looks and paternal slaps? Therefore, what is our fight for? Is it only for money and visa?”

As a result of another decision of the RA government, more than 11 people will become unemployed in the near future. “People” according to the daily newspaper, the Ministry of Health planned “N.B. Hakobyan Scientific Research Institute of General Hygiene and Occupational Diseases to be merged with Academician S. Avdalbekyan National Institute of Healthcare” CJSC. According to the newspaper, the justification is that the company has been operating inefficiently in recent years, which is caused by the high age limit of personnel and uncomfortable building conditions.