Speaker calls for restraint, politeness as Armenian parliament debates minority’s candidate for PM

“Regardless of what opinion and stance each of us will have, as MP and as a faction, the main goal of all of us is the country’s stability, security and the people’s welfare” – Speaker of Parliament Ara Babloyan said at the beginning of the ongoing extraordinary sitting of the Armenian parliament, where MPs are debating the election of Prime Minister.

“Today’s sitting, the agenda of which includes the election of Prime Minister, is taking place in a unique environment. The parliamentary majority hasn’t nominated a candidate, we are debating the candidacy nominated by the minority. This is an unprecedented occurrence in our reality,” Babloyan said.

Babloyan urged to display restraint and tolerance, the kind of restraint and tolerance which were displayed even at the most tense moments of the recent days.

According to the Speaker, this has surprised the entire world.

“I am calling on everyone to be restrained and polite to each other during today’s debates also, to hold the debates in an atmosphere of tolerance, which is traditionally accepted in our National Assembly,” he said.

102 MPs are registered – ensuring a quorum.