Wednesday, September 7 2016 16:04

ArmInfo. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will discuss the upcoming personnel reshuffle in the Government with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) at the RPA Council's session on September 8.   

To note, unlike the meetings of the RPA Executive Body, which are  usually held on Thursdays, the RPA Council, which includes much more  members of the RPA, convenes sessions quite rarely - before or after  important events in the republic.     

Though the RPA Council's members do not know the session agenda for  certain, they suppose that the President is going to inform them of  the upcoming personnel reshuffle in the Government. "Nothing specific  has been told to us, but I suppose we will be told of the forthcoming  changes in the Cabinet. The Council does not hold daily or even  monthly sessions," says Karine Achemyan, lawmaker from the RPA,  member of the RPA Council. 

To note, earlier ArmInfo reported, citing its own sources that  committed to his recent promise, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan  has started forming a so-called "government of national accord".  For  that purpose Karen Karapetyan, ex- mayor of Yerevan, Deputy CEO for  Strategic Development at Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, has already been  invited to Yerevan. The Armenian President is going to offer  Karapetyan to head the "government of national accord". The incumbent  Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan will resign to head the campaign  headquarters of the Republican Party of Armenia in the run-up to the  parliamentary elections of 2017. The ministerial office will also  undergo some changes. For instance, Head of the Armenian President's  Staff Vigen Sargsyan will be appointed foreign minister, and the  incumbent Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will be sent to France  as an ambassador.  It is not ruled out that National Security Council  Secretary Armen Gevorgyan will replace Vigen Sargsyan as the head of  the President's Staff. In that case, the Security Council will become  part of the President's Administration.   According to the source,  Head of the Customs Service Hovik Hovsepyan may be dismissed in the  near future. The former Prosecutor General, Gevorg Kostanyan, will  replace Yuri Vardanyan as Armenia's Ambassador to Georgia. Acting  Prosecutor General Armen Harutyunyan's nominee will be advanced for  the prosecutor general's post.