Paper: jail film to “speed up” Tsarukyan’s decision-making

PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Haykakan Zhamanak daily, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had a meeting with Prosperous Armenia party head Gagik Tsarukyan.

However, no information has been provided as to the agreement reached.

According to earlier reports, Tsarukyan was given a week to decide on Prosperous Armenia’s backing Sargsyan at the upcoming presidential race. The timeout expired on Monday, Oct 8, with Tsarukyan - Sargsyan meeting held the next day, the paper reported.

Sources say a group of photographers were recently sent to the jail in Nizhny Tagil (Russia), where Prosperous Armenia head served his sentence for a rape. A documentary was shot featuring interviews with former prisoners. The film was later sent to Tsarukyan to speed up his decision-making process, the daily reports.