From the point of view of Serzh Sargsyan and the ruling elite Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is lesser of the evils. This is the reason of Serzh Sargsyan's decision to leave Tigran Sargsyan at his position of premier, political expert, Ruben Mehrabyan, told Arminfo correspondent.
"I think that the president is guided by the principle "one shouldn't change houses in midstream". Of course, such an approach contains certain internal contradiction. Nevertheless, one should take into consideration that the ruling system contains numerous vulnerable points, and any sharp movement will become a threat to the stability of this system. For this reason, Sargsyan avoided sharp movements and left Tigran Sargsyan at his position of premier", - Mehrabyan said.
He said that today's power system in Armenia consists of a certain mixture of the checks and balances system between various groups of interests and influence. Against such a background, a decision to replace Tigran Sargsyan from the position of prime minister would cause the unhealthy interest among all the interested groups which would try to redistribute this balance in favor of themselves. Another not less important factor in favor of Tigran Sargsyan's remaining at his position, are the talks on association agreement with the European Union. "It is no secret, that they have started negotiating when Sargsyan was a prime minister, and it would be expedient to end the talks when the latter is still at his position. I think Sargsyan will be hardly replaced before the ending of all these processes linked with the EU, but the force-major situations", - Mehrabyan concluded.