ArmInfo. President Serzh Sargsyan did not pretend and hardly now claims to be the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. Vahram Baghdasaryan, the head of the Republican faction, expressed such confidence in the conversation with journalists.
At the same time, he assured that RPA has not yet formally discussed either the candidacy of the future prime minister or the president. Touching upon the recent statements of RPA representatives about Serzh Sargsyan's indispensability as prime minister, Baghdasaryan noted that these are private opinions, reiterating that there is as yet no official position of the RPA on personnel issues.
"The fact that the RPA representatives see Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister since 2018 is not surprising, he is the leader of the party, and he is treated positively," the head of the RPA faction said.
Replying to the question where he personally sees Serzh Sargsyan after the expiration of his presidential term, Baghdasaryan said: "I personally see him as the leader of the RPA, everything else is already derived from this." Speaking about the candidacy of Karen Karapetyan, the deputy noted: "If we were not sure of its merits, we would not have nominated him for the post of prime minister." It should be noted that Serzh Sargsyan himself assured in his last interview that he has not yet determined his political plans.
Earlier, he promised not to claim the post of prime minister after the expiration of his presidential term, if a draft constitutional reform is held at the referendum. Subsequently, Sargsyan stated that he sees himself in the sphere of security. Concerning the desire of Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan and after 2018 to lead the cabinet, the president considered him healthy, on the whole positively evaluated the activity of Karapetyan's cabinet.
Nevertheless, RPA representatives recently declare one after another that Serzh Sargsyan is the best candidate for the post of prime minister after her full transition to a parliamentary form of government. And the RPA spokesman, vice speaker of the parliament Eduard Sharmazanov, in a conversation with the correspondent of ArmInfo, dismissing the remark that Sargsyan promised not to claim the prime minister's chair in the event of passing the draft of constitutional reforms, said: "Then there were other realities, now others. History knows many cases when, as a result of changing political realities, the plans of political figures also changed. "