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ARMENIAN RULING PARTY NOMINATES ONLY CANDIDATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER
Interfax
May 31 2012
Russia
The ruling Armenian Republican Party nominated the only candidate,
Ovik Abraamian, to be the chairman of the National Assembly at its
first session on Thursday.
Abraamian's candidacy was proposed at a Wednesday evening session of
the party's executive body.
"I can imagine what role a National Assembly chairman plays, and I
am prepared for it," Abraamian said at the government session.
Abraamian chaired the National Assembly from 2008 to November 2011,
when he resigned to head the Republican Party's campaign staff.
The Republican Party led by President Serzh Sargsyan garnered 44.05%
of the vote in parliamentary elections on May 6, which guaranteed its
majority at the parliament and enabled it to form a new government
on its own.
The faction of the Armenian National Congress led by former President
Levon Ter-Petrosian is not taking part in the first parliamentary
session.
The faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun
said earlier it would not take part in the elections of the
parliamentary speaker and deputy speakers.
Interfax
May 31 2012
Russia
The ruling Armenian Republican Party nominated the only candidate,
Ovik Abraamian, to be the chairman of the National Assembly at its
first session on Thursday.
Abraamian's candidacy was proposed at a Wednesday evening session of
the party's executive body.
"I can imagine what role a National Assembly chairman plays, and I
am prepared for it," Abraamian said at the government session.
Abraamian chaired the National Assembly from 2008 to November 2011,
when he resigned to head the Republican Party's campaign staff.
The Republican Party led by President Serzh Sargsyan garnered 44.05%
of the vote in parliamentary elections on May 6, which guaranteed its
majority at the parliament and enabled it to form a new government
on its own.
The faction of the Armenian National Congress led by former President
Levon Ter-Petrosian is not taking part in the first parliamentary
session.
The faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun
said earlier it would not take part in the elections of the
parliamentary speaker and deputy speakers.