ArmInfo. The Armenian parliament at the regular meeting on September 11 approved the candidacy of Karen Karapetyan as a member of the Audit Chamber. 78 parliamentarians voted for his candidacy, 10 against. In overall, 88 MPs out of 105 took part in the voting.
Earlier, presenting Karen Karapetyan, the chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit, Budgetary and Economic Affairs Gagik Minasyan pointed at professional and human qualities of the candidate. He noted that Karen Karapetyan had for many years worked in the structure of the Accounting Chamber, the predecessor of the current Audit Chamber, having proved himself to be a high-level specialist.
In his turn, NA MP Artashes Geghamyan reminded that Karen Karapetyan's father - Aleksan Karapetyan was a member of the parliament for a long period of time from the National Unity party (headed by Artashes Geghamyan-ed. note).