Armenian president addresses nation on decisive day
01.05.2018,
12:44
Armenian president Armen Sarkissian issued a statement today addressing the nation on the day when the parliament is set to elect a new prime minister. In the statement he says the attention of all the Armenians of Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora, as well as the whole world is riveted on Yerevan today.
YEREVAN, May 1. /ARKA/. Armenian president Armen Sarkissian issued a statement today addressing the nation on the day when the parliament is set to elect a new prime minister. In the statement he says the attention of all the Armenians of Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora, as well as the whole world is riveted on Yerevan today.
‘At this decisive moment I call on all members of the National Assembly, political forces, the entire state system, various strata of our society and the young people to show high civic responsibility and wisdom, to stay within the law and the Constitution in carrying out any step and action for our state and people," he says in the statement.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan is the only candidate. He has spearheaded anti-government protests since April 13, forcing former prime minister and two-time president Serzh Sargsyan to resign.
To be elected as prime minister Pashinyan needs to win 53 votes in the 105-member National Assembly. The Republican Party has 58 seats in the National Assembly, the Tsarukyan faction controls 31 seats, the Yelk bloc of Pashinyan has 9 seats and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) has 7 seats.
The Tasrukyan bloc and the ARF said they would vote for Pashinyan. The Republican Party is expected to unveil its position today, though a senior lawmaker, Vahram Baghdasaryan, has said it would not stand in the way of Pashinyan's candidacy. -0-
‘At this decisive moment I call on all members of the National Assembly, political forces, the entire state system, various strata of our society and the young people to show high civic responsibility and wisdom, to stay within the law and the Constitution in carrying out any step and action for our state and people," he says in the statement.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan is the only candidate. He has spearheaded anti-government protests since April 13, forcing former prime minister and two-time president Serzh Sargsyan to resign.
To be elected as prime minister Pashinyan needs to win 53 votes in the 105-member National Assembly. The Republican Party has 58 seats in the National Assembly, the Tsarukyan faction controls 31 seats, the Yelk bloc of Pashinyan has 9 seats and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) has 7 seats.
The Tasrukyan bloc and the ARF said they would vote for Pashinyan. The Republican Party is expected to unveil its position today, though a senior lawmaker, Vahram Baghdasaryan, has said it would not stand in the way of Pashinyan's candidacy. -0-
