ArmInfo. Deputies of the factions of the Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun, in accordance with the fifth part of Article 139 of the Constitutional Law "Rules of the National Assembly", nominated Armen Sargsian, RA Ambassador to Great Britain.
The press service of the parliament reports. The presidential elections in Armenia will be held on March 2, 2018. The National Assembly elects the president for a period of 7 years. The President of the Republic becomes the candidate who received at least three-fourths of the total number of deputies in the first round. If the President of the Republic is not elected in the first round, then in a ten-day period new elections are held, in this case the eligibility for election is reduced. Details of the procedure for the election of the President of the Republic are established by the Rules of the National Assembly.