RA NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan resigns and stops his RPA membership

September 16, 2008 - 15:11 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosyan announced Tuesday that he has handed in his resignation and discontinued his membership of the ruling Republic Party of Armenia.



On September 6, the RPA executive body made a decision about inexpediency of Tigran Torosyan's incumbency as Speaker of the parliament and nominated head of presidential administration Hovik Abrahamyan for the post.



The candidacy will be discussed during the RPA Council session tonight.
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