Tsarukyan faction head comments on decision to support opposition leader Pashinyan’s candidacy for PM
Gagik Tsarukyan, head of the Tsarukyan faction of the Armenian Parliament, assures that he hasn’t put forward preconditions for supporting Nikol Pashinyan’s candidacy for the Prime Minister, no issue of portfolios has been discussed.
“We haven’t had such conversation. We did this for development”, Gagik Tsarukyan told reporters.
He said they are ready to cooperate with Pashinyan in the future and implement his programs if they are desired by the people. “As we have listened, Nikol Pashinyan in his remarks says what is desired by the people and us”, he said.
Gagik Tsarukyan stated that different political forces, figures have proposed him to be nominated for the Prime Minister, but he refused as he respects the people’s decision.
