"Haykakan Zhamanak": Gagik Tsarukyan leaves the country.

The Prosperous Armenia leader’s Thursday statement reportedly came as a surprise to many representatives of the party.

Citing its sources, the paper claims that the members of the Republican Party (RPA) were in low spirits yesterday after Gagik Tsarukyan said the PAP does not find it advisable to form a coalition with the ruling political force.

There was no more chance to ask any question to the PAP leader later as he turned out to have left Armenia, says the paper.

“It is noteworthy, however, that the statement says nothing as to whether the PAP will nominate its own candidate in the upcoming presidential election or back another contender. The PAP members never gave the answer to that question yesterday. What’s even more, Tsarukyan’s spokesperson persistently refused to respond to the journalists,” the paper comments further.