The Yelk faction of the Armenian Parliament will hold substantive discussions on the staff of the next government after the election of the prime minister on May 8, Yelk faction MP Edmon Marukyan told reporters during a press briefing on May 7.
Armen Rustamyan, head of the ARF faction of the Armenian parliament, finds Nikol Pashinyan’s election as Prime Minister to be the most appropriate solution for overcoming the difficult domestic political situation in Armenia.
Nikol Pashinyan’s election as Prime Minister will be the beginning of new changes in Armenia, opposition Yelk faction MP Edmon Marukyan told reporters.
On May 6, at 22:18 local time, the Seismic Protection Survey Seismological Network of Armenia’s emergency situations ministry registered an earthquake at the northern latitude 39.810 and eastern longitude 43.170 geographic coordinates (Turkey, 18 km north-east from the city of Aghri) with 4.1 magnitude and 10 km depth.
A criminal case was initiated in General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee on armed assault against “Komitas” branch of “HSBC Bank Armenia” CJSC.
The military investigative committee has launched an investigation into the death of Private Levon Torosyan, a 19 year old serviceman of the Armenian Armed Forces who was found dead in a military position on May 6.
The Facebook page of Head of “Yelk” bloc parliamentary faction, candidate of Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan informs that member of the world famous System of a Down rock group Serj Tankian will arrive in Yerevan on May 7.
The situation in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact continued to be tense during the week.
A minor earthquake has been detected in the territory of Armenia on May 5 by the seismic agency.
As the Armenian political crisis escalated during the past two weeks and the country was under global media spotlight, many foreign news agencies and journalists were dispatched to Armenia to cover the developments. Over 100 foreign journalists were accredited to cover the May 1 vote, which eventually failed to elect a Prime Minister. A second round of voting will be held May 8.
