Newspaper claims Pashinyan wants to replace president Sarkissian
04.09.2018,
11:29
An Armenian daily ‘Zhoghovurd” (People) claims that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wants to replace the incumbent President Armen Sarkissian with the country’s first post-Soviet President Levon Ter-Petrosyan.
YEREVAN, September 4. /ARKA/. An Armenian daily ‘Zhoghovurd” (People) claims that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wants to replace the incumbent President Armen Sarkissian with the country’s first post-Soviet President Levon Ter-Petrosyan.
The daily says rumors that Pashinyan wants to replace Armen Sarkissian have become rife; especially that Armen Sarkissian has a legitimacy problem, stemming from his British citizenship and his decision to abdicate it.
The newspaper asked the press secretary of Prime Minister Arman Yeghoyan for comments, but he responded by saying that he does not comment on rumors ‘circulated within incomprehensible circles.’
Armen Sarkissian was elected president by Armenian parliament on March 2 by a vote of 90 to 10. All nine members of the Yelk, then opposition alliance of current Prime Minister Pashinyan, voted against him. Sarkissian was nominated by then ruling Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun and was supported by Tsarukyan bloc.
According to Armenia’s amended constitution, approved in a national referendum in 2015, Armenia switched the government from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary system making the presidency largely ceremonial and strengthening the office of the prime minister.
Levon Ter-Petrosyan served as president of Armenia from 1991 to 1998. --0-
The daily says rumors that Pashinyan wants to replace Armen Sarkissian have become rife; especially that Armen Sarkissian has a legitimacy problem, stemming from his British citizenship and his decision to abdicate it.
The newspaper asked the press secretary of Prime Minister Arman Yeghoyan for comments, but he responded by saying that he does not comment on rumors ‘circulated within incomprehensible circles.’
Armen Sarkissian was elected president by Armenian parliament on March 2 by a vote of 90 to 10. All nine members of the Yelk, then opposition alliance of current Prime Minister Pashinyan, voted against him. Sarkissian was nominated by then ruling Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun and was supported by Tsarukyan bloc.
According to Armenia’s amended constitution, approved in a national referendum in 2015, Armenia switched the government from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary system making the presidency largely ceremonial and strengthening the office of the prime minister.
Levon Ter-Petrosyan served as president of Armenia from 1991 to 1998. --0-
