ArmInfo.The "My Step" bloc at the meeting of the faction yesterday did not discuss the possible composition of the Government. "We, discussed the statute of the parliamentary faction and related issues," Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan told reporters after the meeting.
Answering the question which opposition force will be given the post of deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament, Pashinyan replied: "The faction has not held the discussion of this issue, but the following principle should be applied: a person from the opposition party that won more votes in the elections should be elected. Otherwise, the logic will not be clear. "
To recall, the early parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on December 9, 2018. The Central Election Commission of Armenia on January 4 of this year announced the names of the deputies of the National Assembly of the new convocation. The mandates of the MPs of the newly elected parliament of the seventh convocation will be awarded on 10 January. The first meeting of the legislative body will be held on January 14th. The "My Step" bloc will be the largest faction (the list in the elections was headed by Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan), it will include 88 lawmakers. The second in terms of the number of MPs will be the "Prosperous Armenia" faction headed by Gagik Tsarukyan. The party got 26 deputy chairs. Edmon Marukyan closes the top three parliamentary forces "Bright Armenia". It got 18 mandates.
It is already known that the speaker of the parliament will be Ararat Mirzoyan (now the first deputy Prime Minister of the government), his deputies - Lena Nazaryan and Alen Simonyan. Mane Tandilyan (under Pashinyan's government held the post of Minister of Labor and Social Affairs) from Bright Armenia may become the third deputy speaker. The Prosperous Armenia Party faction also claims to the post of deputy speaker.