RPA member says parliament interesting without Prosperous Armenia in coalition

 May 30, 2012 - 19:47 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Prosperous Armenia’s absence in the coalition will make National Assembly’s activity more interesting, MP from Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) said.

Asked about his expectations from the new parliament, David Harutyunyan said, “I think this parliament will surpass the previous ones.”

Dwelling on the distributions of the posts of standing committee heads, he said they will be determined according to DONT system. The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) took a decisive victory at the parliamentary elections on May 6 gaining 44,02% of votes.

The coalition Prosperous Armenia party comes second with 30,12% of votes and the opposition ANC is placed third with 7,08%.

The opposition parties Heritage (5,76%) and ARF Dashnaktsutyun (5,67%), as well as the third coalition Orinats Yerkir party (5,51%) also joined the new parliament.

RPA gained absolute majority of 69 seats in the 131-member National Assembly, 40 by proportional and 29 by majority system of voting. Prosperous Armenia got 37 seats (28 by proportional and 9 by majority systems) and ANC was left with 7.

Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Yerkir got 6 seats each (5 by proportional and 1 by majority systems), while Heritage got 5.