Armenian New Government to be Formed Next Week
10.04.2008,
00:12
The new Armenian Government will be formed next week, RA NA (National Assembly) Speaker Tigran Torosian reported.
YEREVAN, April 9. /ARKA/. The new Armenian Government will be formed next week, RA NA (National Assembly) Speaker Tigran Torosian reported.
“On the initiative of RA President Serge Sargsian, a new political coalition has been formed and the future Prime Minister’s candidacy has been approved,” Torosian said during his meeting with Head of the Czech Senate Przhemisl Sobotka.
The country’s ruling Republican Party’s Board, which has a commanding vote in the Armenian parliament, on Tuesday made a unanimous decision to appoint CBA Chairman Tigran Sargsian as RA Prime Minister.
According to the RA Constitution, the President of the Republic shall appoint the Prime Minister within ten days after acceptance of the resignation of the Government. The Government shall be formed within 20 days after the appointment of the Prime Minister.
Sobotka said he was pleased to see that life in Armenia had got settled after the March 1 clashes in Yerevan.
Since February 20 rallies, sit-ins and student walkouts had been held by the opposition led by Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosian in the center of Yerevan. The initiators and protesters accused Kocharyan's ally and Prime Minister Serge Sargsian of rigging the presidential election on February 19.
Mass disturbances began on March 1-2 when authorities used force to clear Freedom Square of thousands of demonstrators who had camped there for the past 10 days. Eight people died and about 256 were injured in the clashes. –0—
“On the initiative of RA President Serge Sargsian, a new political coalition has been formed and the future Prime Minister’s candidacy has been approved,” Torosian said during his meeting with Head of the Czech Senate Przhemisl Sobotka.
The country’s ruling Republican Party’s Board, which has a commanding vote in the Armenian parliament, on Tuesday made a unanimous decision to appoint CBA Chairman Tigran Sargsian as RA Prime Minister.
According to the RA Constitution, the President of the Republic shall appoint the Prime Minister within ten days after acceptance of the resignation of the Government. The Government shall be formed within 20 days after the appointment of the Prime Minister.
Sobotka said he was pleased to see that life in Armenia had got settled after the March 1 clashes in Yerevan.
Since February 20 rallies, sit-ins and student walkouts had been held by the opposition led by Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosian in the center of Yerevan. The initiators and protesters accused Kocharyan's ally and Prime Minister Serge Sargsian of rigging the presidential election on February 19.
Mass disturbances began on March 1-2 when authorities used force to clear Freedom Square of thousands of demonstrators who had camped there for the past 10 days. Eight people died and about 256 were injured in the clashes. –0—
