MP Nikol Pashinyan releases details from meeting with RPA faction head

MP Nikol Pashinyan, candidate for Prime Minister of Armenia nominated by three factions of the Parliament, posted a video on Facebook, stating that he had a meeting with head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) faction Vahram Baghdasaryan who reaffirmed their faction’s stance on the election of the PM.

“I had a meeting with the RPA faction head Vahram Baghdasaryan, and during the meeting he reaffirmed that their faction will support the people’s candidate to be elected as prime minister. Yes, these statements were made before our meeting, but reaffirming that stance during a personal meeting I consider important”, Pashinyan said.

He informed that the signatures necessary for his nomination already exist, and at the moment the necessary formulations are being carried out in the staff. “We can consider my nomination as an established fact”, he said.

Pashinyan called on citizens to gather in Republic Square on May 8, at 11:00, and follow live the election process of the PM in the Parliament.