he Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader Gagik Tsarukyan's decision to step down as the PAP leader and to renounce his deputy mandate is not the authorities' victory over the opposition, Armen Martirosyan, Deputy Chairman of the Heritage Party, has told ArmInfo.
"This is the authorities' victory of oppressive measures and illegal actions over legitimacy, but not a victory over the opposition", says Martirosyan. At the moment, he cannot predict the situation in the domestic political field of Armenia in the near future. "However, what has happened to the PAP and Tsarukyan is worth regretting", he says.
To note, at the March 5 congress of the PAP, Gagik Tsarukyan stepped down as the PAP chairman. Naira Zohrabyan, the PAP Faction Secretary, has become the PAP chairwoman. She has officially declared the party as opposition.