"Bright Armenia" party  leader  ready to be the opposition`s  candidate for Prime Minister of Armenia

ArmInfo. The leader of the "Bright Armenia" party and former Ambassador-at-Large Edmon Marukyan has accepted the offer from the board of the United National Constitutional Party (UNCP) to become a candidate for the position of  Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia as part of the impeachment  initiative against Nikol Pashinyan. Marukyan announced this decision  on his Facebook page.

According to him, the UNCP board has  instructed its representatives,  members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hovik  Aghazaryan and Hakob Aslanyan, to initiate the impeachment procedure  of the Prime Minister in the country's parliament. This, as Marukyan  noted, will be the first case in post- Soviet Armenia. According to  the current legislation, the process of a vote of no confidence in  the current head of government can be carried out only if there is a  candidate for the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. The  proposal of the Unified National Congress  was also discussed in the  "Bright Armenia" party, and as a result  consent was given to  nominate Marukyan as a candidate for Prime Minister. 

The politician said  he intends to hold talks with representatives of  two opposition factions in the National Assembly of the Republic of  Armenia - "Armenia" and "I Have Honor"  to begin the real impeachment  process.  All opposition parliamentarians will need to sign a letter  addressed to the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of  Armenia, containing a draft resolution  on expressing a vote of no  confidence in the current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. A total of  36 signatures from MPs are required.  Considering there are 28  oppositionists in the "Armenia" faction, 6 in the "I Have Honor"  faction, and including the names of Aghazaryan and Aslanyan, we will  have the required number of signatures.