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    ARMENIAN CEC APPROVES ARFD PARTY LIST

    ArmInfo
    2007-06-06 16:10:00

    The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia has approved the list
    of ARF Dashnatsutyun party after the parliamentary election of May 12.

    The party list comprises 16 people: Vahan Hovhannissyan, Armen
    Rustamyan, Alvard Petrosyan, Artyush Shabazyan, Mikael Manukyan, Arthur
    Aghabekyan, Ruzanna Arakelyan, Araik Grigoryan, Ashot Spoyan, Karen
    Vardanyan, Hrayr Karapetyan, Aramayis Grigoryan, Lilit Gasparyan,
    Artsvik Minasyan, Ara Noanyan, and Gagik Gevorgyan. However,
    the representative from the opposition bloc Justice at CEC Felix
    Khachatryan refused to sign the final protocol on the party lists.

    It is already known that Vahan Hovhanissyan is left on his position of
    Vice Speaker. Armen Roustamyan will also continue his activity as head
    of the Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs. The ex- defence
    minister Arthur Aghabekyan will head the Parliamentary Commission
    for Defence, Internal Affairs and National Security. Moreover, ARFD
    will have three ministerial portfolios: Minister of Education and
    Science Levon Lazarian, Minister of Agriculture David Lokyan, and
    Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Aghvan Vardanyan. In addition,
    the party will have two positions of governors.

    Leaders of the Republican Party of Armenia and Prosperous Armenia are
    to sign a Memorandum on formation of a coalition in the presidential
    residency at 4:00pm local time, Wednesday. ARFD is to sign another
    memorandum of cooperation with these parties outside the coalition. At
    6:30pm the CEC will hand the deputy mandates. The first session of
    the National Assembly of the fourth convocation is scheduled for June
    7 at 10:00am.
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