Will Galust Sahakyan become Armenia’s next premier?
Thanks to the dialogue with the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK), Armenia's President can feel more confident in Kazan, Armenia's ex-Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan told a news conference on Wednesday.
"After meeting the three demands of the opposition, Serzh Sargsyan can raise his voice, presenting the position of the whole country during the Karabakh talks," he continued.
"Sargsyan is no longer viewed as a murder and unlike his Azerbaijan counterpart Ilham Aliyev, Sargsyan leaves for Kazan as a democrat president," said Bagratyan.
Armenia's former premier thinks that in Kazan the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will be introduced a new document on mutual concessions.
Bagratyan says that Armenia's economy is built on wrong decisions, and a coordinated approach is needed to reform everything. As a first step towards such efforts, he proposes replacing the prime minister.
"There are many ways out. Why doesn't he [the president] relieve Tigran Sargsyan of his duties? What is the use of keeping that guy in office?" he said adding that Galust Sahakyan [head of the Republican parliamentary faction] would be the best candidate for the post.
"Sahakyan will sit idle. That would be much more interesting. The authorities cannot find a better candidate. It is impossible to find someone and ask him not to do anything," said Bagratyan.
The Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia - Serzh Sargsyan, Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry Medvedev - are scheduled to meet on June 24 in the Russian city of Kazan. The settlement of the Karabakh conflict is the key topic of the meeting agenda.
