Government dismissed governors representing Prosperous Armenia and  ARF Dashnaktsutyun parties

ArmInfo. The government of Armenia at the meeting on October 4 dismissed the governors of the regions representing the Prosperous Armenia Party and the ARF  Dashnaktsutyun Party.

According to RA Minister of Territorial Administration and  Development Suren Papikan, the governor of Syunik Karen  Hambardzumyan, the governor of Aragatsotn region Ashot Simonyan, the  governor of Lori Hrant Margaryan, governor of Vayots Dzor Aragats  Saghatelyan, governor of Armavir region Gagik Mirijanyan and governor  of Gegharkunik region Ishxan Saghatelyan were dismissed.  Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reminded of the reasons that led to  the resignations of the ministers and governors. "In any case, we  thank them for joint work and wish them success in their future  activities," noted the Prime Minister.

To note, on the night of October 3, Armenian President Armen  Sarkissian signed decrees on the dismissal of six ministers, who  represented the Dashnaktsutyun and Prosperous Armenia parties in the  government.  According to the report of the President's Office, Armen  Sarkissian dismissed them at the suggestion of Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan. Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Hrachya  Rostomyan, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information  Technologies Ashot Hakobyan, Head of the Ministry of Sport and Youth  Affairs Levon Vahradyan, Minister of Agriculture Artur Khachatryan,  as well as Minister of Economic Development and Investments Artsvik  Minasyan were dismissed. On October 2, several tens of thousands of  people gathered at the call of the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  outside the Armenian parliament building in protest against the bill  passed by the deputies, which makes it difficult to dissolve the  parliament. The prime minister called the bill "counterrevolutionary"  and promised that in order to hold early parliamentary elections he  will also resign after the dismissal of ministers and governors from  the Prosperous Armenia and Dashnakutsutyun parties.