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ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY NOT WANTING TO HOLD EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING - NEWSPAPER
August 07, 2013 | 06:48
YEREVAN. - Even though President Serzh Sargsyan and National Assembly
Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan have returned from their vacation, the ruling
Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is not preparing to hold an Executive
Board (EB) session on Thursday, Hraparak daily reports.
"There have been no EB meetings for several weeks, now. Why will it
not be held this week? We asked our RPA source.
"'Most of the MPs are still resting, they are not in the country;
they will come, we will convene.'
"[To note,] the nominations for the MP candidates in Election District
No. 38 of Syunik Region have begun on [Monday,] August 5. The elections
in this area are slated for September 29.
"According to some news, [President and RPA leader] Serzh Sargsyan
instructed the RPA Syunik regional organization to first decide on
their own upon the [RPA] candidate. And the chairman of the RPA Syunik
regional organization is former Regional Governor Surik Khachatryan,
who did not rule out even the likelihood of his running," Hraparak
writes.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
August 07, 2013 | 06:48
YEREVAN. - Even though President Serzh Sargsyan and National Assembly
Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan have returned from their vacation, the ruling
Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is not preparing to hold an Executive
Board (EB) session on Thursday, Hraparak daily reports.
"There have been no EB meetings for several weeks, now. Why will it
not be held this week? We asked our RPA source.
"'Most of the MPs are still resting, they are not in the country;
they will come, we will convene.'
"[To note,] the nominations for the MP candidates in Election District
No. 38 of Syunik Region have begun on [Monday,] August 5. The elections
in this area are slated for September 29.
"According to some news, [President and RPA leader] Serzh Sargsyan
instructed the RPA Syunik regional organization to first decide on
their own upon the [RPA] candidate. And the chairman of the RPA Syunik
regional organization is former Regional Governor Surik Khachatryan,
who did not rule out even the likelihood of his running," Hraparak
writes.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am