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.
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.
On May 4, at 01:10, the body of soldier Artur Gasparyan, born in 1998, was found in the military position of one of the military units located in Armenia’s north-eastern direction, with a fatal gunshot wound in his 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.
Eduard Sharmazanov, Vice Speaker of Parliament and spokesperson of the ruling Republican Party (HHK), says that the HHK will support the election of a Prime Minister.
During today’s Cabinet meeting, acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan thanked the Cabinet for joint work.
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 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.
After nearly 9 hours of debates on electing a Prime Minister, with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan being the sole candidate, the Armenian parliament failed to make the election as 55 lawmakers voted against and 46 lawmakers voted in favor.
The Republican Party (HHK) faction of the Armenian parliament will vote against the candidacy of Nikol Pashinyan for Prime Minister, HHK faction leader Vahram Baghdasaryan said after nearly 9 hours of debates.
