02/08/2021 18:45
Alen Simonyan elected Armenia's Parliament speaker
Candidate of Civil Contract party for the post of the speaker of Armenia's parliament Alen Simonyan has been elected to the post.
His candidacy was backed by 71 deputies. The opposition did not participate in the voting.
"Armenia" faction offered candidacy of former mayor of Meghri Mkhitar Zakaryan who is currently under arrest.
"I Have Honor" bloc's candidate Artur Sargsyan was also from "Armenia" bloc and is under arrest too.
Zakaryan and Sargsyan received 0 votes.