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.
The Armenian parliament failed to elect a member of the Constitutional Court during today’s vote. Emil Babayan was nominated for the post by the Armenian President.
Ruling Republican Party’s (RPA) faction MP Samvel Alexanyan will vote in favor of “the people’s candidate” for the position of Prime Minister of Armenia.
Yelk faction MP Nikol Pashinyan, candidate for Prime Minister of Armenia nominated by the signatures of 35 MPs, commented on the ruling Republican Party’s (RPA) decision to support the election of the PM set on May 8.
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.
The Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania unanimously approved the Armenia-EU Agreement at the first reading, Tigran Mkrtchyan – Armenia’s Ambassador to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, said on Twitter.
On May 3, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, to the southeast from Talish village of the Martakert region.
A Sukhoi-30SM Russian jet has crashed in Syria killing both of its pilots, including captain of the crew ethnic Armenian Mayor Albert Davidyan, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, spokesperson of the Armenian defense ministry, said on Facebook.
The signatures necessary for nominating Yelk faction head Nikol Pashinyan’s candidacy for the Prime Minister of Armenia already exist, Yelk faction MP Ararat Mirzoyan said.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian addressed a message on May 3.
