Galust Sahakyan elected Armenian parliament speakerApril 29, 2014 - 15:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Senior Republican lawmaker Galust Sahakyan on Tuesday, April 29 was elected Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia through a closed secret ballot, facing rivalry from only one self-nominated oppositionist, Armenia Now reported. Sahakyan, 66, a deputy chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, received 101 votes in the Assembly including a total of 131 members. Only three voted in favor of Hrant Bagratyan, who is formally affiliated with the opposition Armenian National Congress faction. Two ballots were recognized as invalid. The post of the parliament speaker remained vacant since April 13 when its previous holder Hovik Abrahamyan was appointed Prime Minister. The candidacy of Sahakyan, the RPA parliamentary faction leader, to the post of parliament speaker had been backed by President Serzh Sargsyan, the chairman of the party. Related links: Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |