Armenian parliament speaker presents official resignation application
14.11.2011,
21:45
The chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, has officially submitted his resignation today at a recurrent session of parliament, Novosti-Armenia news agency reported.
YEREVAN, November 14. /ARKA/. The chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, has officially submitted his resignation today at a recurrent session of parliament, Novosti-Armenia news agency reported.
"Fully aware of the entire degree of responsibility before the President, the people and the party, in accordance with the parliament regulations, today I present my resignation,” he said.
If after five days the speaker submits a second application his resignation would be deemed automatically accepted.
In a short address to fellow lawmakers Abrahamyan thanked them for their cooperation, saying that over these years the National Assembly has become more transparent and has improved the contacts with the public at large. He said he is not going to renounce his parliamentary mandate.
"Whatever position I had, I have never distanced myself from my country fellows; I know what are their problems and am willing to help solve them," he said.
Abrahamyan said he would resign as the second most important official of the country on November 1, adding that he would be appointed to head the central election office of the ruling Republican Party to prepare it for parliamentary elections scheduled for May 2012.
According to experts and journalists, the most likely candidates for the vacated post are the chairman of a parliamentary committee on legal affairs David Harutyunyan, who is also head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), a current deputy speaker of the National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan and a lawmaker Ms. Hermine Naghdalyan.
David Harutyunyan said earlier he did not seek to take up this post. Nikoyan and Naghdalyan refrained from comments.
The ruling Republican Party controls 63 seats in the 131-seat parliament. The party is headed by President Serzh Sargsyan. Hovik Abrahamyan and prime-minister Tigran Sargsyan and most of Cabinet ministers are members of the Republican Party of Armenia.-0-
"Fully aware of the entire degree of responsibility before the President, the people and the party, in accordance with the parliament regulations, today I present my resignation,” he said.
If after five days the speaker submits a second application his resignation would be deemed automatically accepted.
In a short address to fellow lawmakers Abrahamyan thanked them for their cooperation, saying that over these years the National Assembly has become more transparent and has improved the contacts with the public at large. He said he is not going to renounce his parliamentary mandate.
"Whatever position I had, I have never distanced myself from my country fellows; I know what are their problems and am willing to help solve them," he said.
Abrahamyan said he would resign as the second most important official of the country on November 1, adding that he would be appointed to head the central election office of the ruling Republican Party to prepare it for parliamentary elections scheduled for May 2012.
According to experts and journalists, the most likely candidates for the vacated post are the chairman of a parliamentary committee on legal affairs David Harutyunyan, who is also head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), a current deputy speaker of the National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan and a lawmaker Ms. Hermine Naghdalyan.
David Harutyunyan said earlier he did not seek to take up this post. Nikoyan and Naghdalyan refrained from comments.
The ruling Republican Party controls 63 seats in the 131-seat parliament. The party is headed by President Serzh Sargsyan. Hovik Abrahamyan and prime-minister Tigran Sargsyan and most of Cabinet ministers are members of the Republican Party of Armenia.-0-
