ArmInfo. The first meeting of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation will take place not on December 31, as Assistant to PM of Armenia Mesrop Arakelyan announced with joy, but on the 24th of December, if, of course, the results of the elections are not appealed.
As Deputy Head of the NA Staff Arsen Babayan explained on his Facebook page, according to the Electoral Code, the first sitting of the NA is held on the second Monday after the formation of the parliament. "If elections are held on December 9, and the final results, according to the EC, the CEC will sum up in 7 days (if they are not appealed), then the second Monday after the formation of the seventh assembly comes on December 24," Babayan explained. Meanwhile, the Central Election Commission has so far refrained from naming the date of the first sitting of the National Assembly.
To note yesterday, Assistant Prime Minister Mesrop Arakelyan, on his Facebook page, hastened to congratulate the people on the fact that the first meeting of the parliament of the seventh convocation will be held on December 31, and a new prime minister will be appointed during it. However, the announcement of the assistant to the prime minister turned out to be wrong not only in terms of the date of the first meeting of the new parliament, but also in terms of the "appointment" of the prime minister, since according to the NA regulations, the National Assembly cannot ''appoint'', it can only elect. Moreover, the prime minister cannot be elected or "appointed" at the first sitting of the National Assembly, since the headship of the parliament is formed and elected first.