Armenia will have a Prime Minister on May 8 and the Republican Party will support the candidate nominated by the 1/3 of the total MPs (35 MP). The RPA will not nominate its own candidate, head of RPA parliamentary faction Vahram Baghdasaryan announced.
The Tsarukyan faction will once again vote in favor of Nikol Pashinyan in the second round of elections for Prime Minister on May 8, faction leader Gagik Tsarukyan said after negotiations with Pashinyan in Yerevan’s Marriott hotel.
Opposition leader from the Yelk faction Nikol Pashinyan and Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I have held a phone conversation.
The Republican Party (HHK) faction sitting is underway in the Armenian parliament. Third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the president of the party, has participated in the sitting.
epublican (HHK) lawmaker Gevorg Kostanyan says he doesn’t want to make predictions regarding the steps and stance of the ruling party (HHK) in the second round of election of a Prime Minister.
Acting minister of culture Armen Amiryan (HHK) has resigned.
Captain of Armenia’s national football team, midfielder of London’s Arsenal is back on track as his latest injury turned out to be trivial.
South Caucasian Railways CJSC – the operator of Armenia’s railways , has announced it is suspending cargo and passenger operations until the obstructions are eliminated. Demonstrators have blocked railway trains and didn’t allow operations. The railway operator made the suspension decision with agreement of the ministry of transportation, communication and IT.
First President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who was in office 1991-1998, has released an article on iLur.am, emphasizing the right of a Member of Parliament on not being constrained by his/her imperative mandate and to be guided by his/her conscience and convictions. The publication is titled A little But Important Observation.
Hasmik Petrosyan, assistant to the President of Armenia, denies the reports in social networks according to which President Armen Sarkissian’s candidacy will be nominated for the Prime Minister.
