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.
President Armen Sarkissian has signed orders on dismissing ministers representing the Prosperous Armenia and ARF political parties at the recommendation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Then Pashinyan introduced the procedure of adoption of the draft, which president Armen Sarkissian should sign in the period of 21 days and asked people to authorize him to ask the president not to sign it, after which he’ll resign. After it, if the NA doesn’t elect a PM twice, snap parliamentary elections will be held.
Early elections of parliament will take place in Armenia in December of the current year, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told reporters today.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan discussed the issue of holding early parliamentary elections with head of the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of Armenia Vahram Baghdasaryan, Pashinyan told the reporters after the meeting, adding that this was the first meeting for the discussion of the early parliamentary elections.
