16/06/2012 12:12
Press at a Glance: Samvel Nikoyan was let down
Samvel Nikoyan the ex-speaker of the parliament will not be given a ministerial portfolio in the new Cabinet, and will remain there as an ordinary MP, RPA executive body’s and council’s meetings unveiled Friday.
Nikoyan had declared in CEC that he may receive some position in the Cabinet, the Haykakan Zhamanak writes.“Meanwhile the RPA circles said Nikoyan was likely to be Minister of Nature Protection. Later, some other rumors linked him with the position of Minister of Labor and Social Issues and Minister of Urban Development.
When it was revealed yesterday that he will not receive any position, everybody’s reaction was that he was “let down,” the paper writes.