ArmInfo. On August 2, at the first sitting of the National Assembly of the 8th convocation, the lawmakers will elect the President of the National Assembly, three deputy speakers.
In addition, according to the information of the press service of the parliament, the deputies will elect the counting commission, the standing committees of the National Assembly and their chairmen. The agenda also includes discussion of the draft law on changes in the structure of the government and approval of the government program.
Extraordinary parliamentary elections in Armenia were held on June 20. According to the election commission, three political forces entered parliament: the Civil Contract party - 53.92% (687,251 people), the Armenia bloc - 2 1.04% (268,165 people), the I Have Honor bloc - 5.23% ( 66 633 people). Four political forces contested the election results in the Constitutional Court: "Armenia" bloc, "I Have the Honor", "Awakening" parties and "Armenian Motherland" party. On July 17, the Constitutional Court by its decision upheld the decision of the Central Election Commission of Armenia on the results of the early parliamentary elections held on June 20, 2021.
The parliament of the 8th convocation will have 107 lawmakers: the "Civil Contract" party will have 71 mandates, the "Hayastan" bloc - 29, the "I Have Honor" bloc (Republican Party of Armenia and Arthur Vanetsyan's Homeland party - ed. note) - 7.