Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan have signed a memorandum on holding early parliamentary elections in December.
The Republican (HHK) faction hasn’t yet held any discussion on early elections of parliament, head of the HHK faction Vahram Baghdasaryan said at a press briefing today.
The parliament is de facto dissolved, it remains to be dissolved de jure, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today speaking to reporters.
World famous opera singer Montserrat Caballé has died aged 85 in Barcelona. She had been suffering from health complaints for some time and was admitted to hospital in Barcelona last month.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his spouse Anna Hakobyan, President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian and First Lady Nune Sarkissian, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II attended the national homage ceremony in honor of French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, which took place today in the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France.
The Cabinet will hold a closed-door session today to debate the bill on declaring amnesty.
A direct communication hasn’t yet been established with the Azerbaijani President, but works in this direction are ongoing, PM Nikol Pashinyan said in response to a question from Republican MP Armen Ashotyan at today’s parliamentary Q&A.
The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has proposed to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to hold early elections of parliament in May, 2019, in which case they can also discuss their non-nomination of a candidate for prime minister, according to HHK Vice-President Armen Ashotyan.
A consensus was not reached as result of the discussion between the Prime Minister and parliamentary factions, Yelk faction MP Edmon Marukyan told reporters today.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) doesn’t yet have an official decision on not nominating a candidate for Prime Minister, Member of Parliament/Deputy Speaker of Parliament Michael Melkumyan, representing the Tsarukyan faction, told reporters today.
