PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan responds to NA speaker

Prosperous Armenia faction lawmaker Gagik Tsarukyan has come up with response to the writ of Armenia’s NA speaker Ararat Mirzoyan who asked for exhausting clarifications from the MP regarding his engagement in business activity.

In an extended explanation Tsarukyan presented facts which he stressed will help to eliminate all the concerns regarding his business activity.

The lawmaker stressed that being well aware of the ban of business activity by lawmaker, after assuming the parliamentary mandate he passed all his property to trust management as required by the law.

The MP also stressed that after passing the property to trust management the owner preserves the right to get profit.

As to the claims regarding the issue over cement, and assignment to reduce the prices by 10,000 AMD, Tsraukyan stressed that it was a step after the declaration of economic revolution, the statement means that Tsarukyan refuses to get income from the production of cement and agrees to have financial losses which is also the right of the owner.

Referring to the statement of meeting with investors, Tsarukyan explained it as readiness to contribute and assist the government in the implementation of investment policy. “As leader of Prosperous Armenia party I have served my authority in the country and outside of it to engage as much investments in Armenia as possible. Many foreign investors met with me to get familiarized with the investment environment, prior sectors. Moreover, many of the investors see me as a reliable guarantor of their investments,” Tsarukyan’s statement runs.

The lawmaker also stressed that for years he used his personal ties and authority for the sake of development of Armenia’s economy and is ready to continue doing so which fits the vision of the Prosperous Armenia party.