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    ARMENIA: A NEW BALANCE OF FORCES

    Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
    May 7 2014

    7 May 2014 - 1:26pm

    Susanna Petrosyan, Yerevan. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza

    The National Assembly of Armenia (NA) elected the head of the faction
    of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Galusta Saakyan, to the
    speaker's position. His only rival was a member of the opposition
    faction of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), Grant Bagratyan. Only
    three MPs out of 106 voted for Bagratyan, who didn't agreed his
    independent nomination with the ANC.

    A day before the elections the NA approved the RPA's proposal on a
    reshuffle in the Audit Commission and changes in the proportion of
    its participants. Now the Audit Commission should include 13 members
    instead of the previous 11 members, the majority of them (7 people)
    are MPs from the RPA.

    The situation became difficult for the ruling party after the Rule
    of Law party withdrew from the coalition. And the Republicans faced
    the problem of maintaining a majority in the Audit Commission. On
    April 28th the RPA carried out the necessary changes and held
    the demanded seats. At the same time, the law on National Assembly
    regulations forbids forming a new Audit Commission before the end of
    a parliamentary session.

    Along with victorious statements by the authorities, who ascribe
    the victory to the wonderful personal skills of Galust Saakyan, the
    question is: why did the invincible RPA and its sinless candidate need
    urgent changes to the law? The answer is obvious - for guaranteeing
    "normal" voting and counting votes within the framework of the
    well-regulated electoral technologies provided by the authorities.

    Of course a certain number of MPs from Prosperous Armenia and Rule
    of Law voted for Saakyan, but this circumstance doesn't play a big
    role for the RPA, which has to act under a new balance of forces and
    new conditions.

    http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/54894.html

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