YELQ faction collecting MPs’ signatures to nominate Nikol Pashinyan for prime minister election
03.05.2018,
13:01
YELQ parliamentary faction is now collecting MPs’ signatures to nominate Nikol Pashinyan for election of prime minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, and MP from YELQ said on Thursday.
YEREVAN, May 3. /ARKA/. YELQ parliamentary faction is now collecting MPs’ signatures to nominate Nikol Pashinyan for election of prime minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, and MP from YELQ said on Thursday.
He said that YELQ, Tsarukyan bloc’s faction and the faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun are collecting signatures separately.
Mirzoyan also said that yesterday’s decision of the ruling Republican party of Armenia to support the candidature for the prime-ministerial post has been made under public pressure.
On April 23, Serzh Sargsyan, who was appointed by the Armenian parliament as prime minister amid widespread disaffection for him, resigned under the pressure of mass protests against his premiership. On the same day, Armen Sarkissian, Armenian president accepted the government’s resignation.
On May 1, the parliament failed to elect opposition protest leader Nikol Pashinyan - 45 MPs voted for him, while 56 voted against.
On May 2, the faction of ruling Republican Party, under a massive pressure of people’s civil defiance actions, stated that it will vote for a candidate nominated by one third of the parliament.
The Armenian parliament will again gather in a week to try and elect a prime minister. If it fails, the National Assembly will be dissolved and early elections called. -0---
He said that YELQ, Tsarukyan bloc’s faction and the faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun are collecting signatures separately.
Mirzoyan also said that yesterday’s decision of the ruling Republican party of Armenia to support the candidature for the prime-ministerial post has been made under public pressure.
On April 23, Serzh Sargsyan, who was appointed by the Armenian parliament as prime minister amid widespread disaffection for him, resigned under the pressure of mass protests against his premiership. On the same day, Armen Sarkissian, Armenian president accepted the government’s resignation.
On May 1, the parliament failed to elect opposition protest leader Nikol Pashinyan - 45 MPs voted for him, while 56 voted against.
On May 2, the faction of ruling Republican Party, under a massive pressure of people’s civil defiance actions, stated that it will vote for a candidate nominated by one third of the parliament.
The Armenian parliament will again gather in a week to try and elect a prime minister. If it fails, the National Assembly will be dissolved and early elections called. -0---
