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VARTKES MAHTESIAN TO SERVE AS ARMENIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO CYPRIOT PARLIAMENT
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 3, 2011
Candidacies for the Cyprus parliamentary elections of May 22 will
be submitted on Tuesday, May 3, for the 56 seats of the House of
Representatives and the three seats for the religious groups of the
Latins, Maronites and Armenians.
Parliamentary elections take place every five years, for the 56 seat
House. This will be the 10th parliamentary poll since the Republic
of Cyprus was established in 1960. Polling day has been set for May 22.
Cypriot nationals who live abroad will also be able to vote.
According to the 1960 Constitution, 50 deputies are elected to the
House. In June 1985, the House by a unanimous decision increased
this number to 80 (56 from the Greek Cypriot community and 24 from
the Turkish Cypriot community by virtue of the Law of Necessity.
Armenians, Maronites and Latins, who belong to the Greek Cypriot
community, elect their representatives to the House, who do not have
the right to vote. Vartkes Mahtesian was elected representative of
the Armenian religious group, Antonis Hatzirousos of the Maronite
group and Benito Mantovani representative of the Latins, Financial
Mirror reported.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 3, 2011
Candidacies for the Cyprus parliamentary elections of May 22 will
be submitted on Tuesday, May 3, for the 56 seats of the House of
Representatives and the three seats for the religious groups of the
Latins, Maronites and Armenians.
Parliamentary elections take place every five years, for the 56 seat
House. This will be the 10th parliamentary poll since the Republic
of Cyprus was established in 1960. Polling day has been set for May 22.
Cypriot nationals who live abroad will also be able to vote.
According to the 1960 Constitution, 50 deputies are elected to the
House. In June 1985, the House by a unanimous decision increased
this number to 80 (56 from the Greek Cypriot community and 24 from
the Turkish Cypriot community by virtue of the Law of Necessity.
Armenians, Maronites and Latins, who belong to the Greek Cypriot
community, elect their representatives to the House, who do not have
the right to vote. Vartkes Mahtesian was elected representative of
the Armenian religious group, Antonis Hatzirousos of the Maronite
group and Benito Mantovani representative of the Latins, Financial
Mirror reported.
From: A. Papazian