Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan responded to the open letter of the graduates of Luys Foundation.
Luys Foundation beneficiaries — graduates of the world’s top universities, who received scholarship support from the government-affiliated foundation, have written an open letter to Serzh Sargsyan, calling on him to honor his word, and resign from the premiership and not hinder Armenia’s democratization.
“My appointment as prime minister was conditioned by a simple fact: in this region of complex geopolitics and period of new challenges, we have to ensure the country’s safe development and continue efforts towards a dignified settlement of the Karabakh issue,” said Serzh Sargsyan.
“I believe these problems are solvable, after which other figures can assume the country’s leadership. In that great cause we will rely on the Luys community’s potential as well,” he added.
In 2014, when Serzh Sargsyan initiated the constitutional change in the Republic of Armenia, he publicly promised that he would never again assume the post of the country’s Prime Minister in case of the the shift from semi-presidential to parliamentary form of government.
However, after the switching from to the new, parliamentary system, Serzh Sargsyan took over the post of Prime Minister on April 17, 2018 in a parliament vote, where his Republican party has the majority of seats.
Luys Foundation was founded in 2009 by then president Serzh Sargsyan and Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The Foundation supports Armenians throughout the world to study in the best universities.
