Thursday, December 13 2018 16:02

ArmInfo. Acting Minister of Education and Science of Armenia, Member of the Board of the Civil Contract Party Arayik Harutyunyan, did not rule out that he might end  up in parliament, and also head the parliamentary faction. He stated  this on December 13 in the government.

At this stage, Arayik Harutyunyan urged not to seek intrigue in  future appointments. According to him, in the coming days, the ruling  political force will take a command decision - who will remain in the  cabinet, who will be in parliament. Various circumstances will be  taken into account, including the "usefulness" of the candidate for  the post of the head of the executive body and his preferences.

As indicated by the Acting head of the Ministry of Education, in the  last election, "in the conditions of falsification and distribution  of electoral bribery," he managed to collect 4,000 votes, and in  these - 14,000.  According to Harutyunyan, this is a good assessment  of his activities and additional motivation for double work. "Perhaps  I'll end up in the National Assembly, or maybe I'll remain in the  executive branch, the team is now discussing everything," said  Harutyunyan. At the same time, the question, 14,000 votes is enough  to become the leader of the faction, acting. The head of the Ministry  of Education said that there is no such scale. "According to the  number of votes collected, trade is not conducted," Harutyunyan  stressed.

At the present time, according to Harutyunyan, no decisions have been  taken regarding a possible reduction in the number of ministries. "In  the near future, the project of ministerial optimization will be  pleased," he noted.

To note, according to the rumors circulating, Ararat Mirozyan will be  the speaker of the 7th convocation parliament, Lena Nazaryan and Alen  Simonyan will be deputy speakers. At the same time, it is noted that  the question of who will head the parliamentary faction "My Step" has  not been finally resolved. The media also reported some details about  the expected structural changes in the government. In particular, it  is noted that the issue of uniting the ministries of education and  science, sports and youth, Diaspora and culture in one department is  being discussed. The current Acting Minister of Education and Science  Araik Harutyunyan will head this new ministry, according to the  information. What other state agencies will be reduced or optimized  will be known very soon, but as the Acting Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan, said earlier from 18 ministries, at least 5 will be  reduced.