SPEAKER * PARTY * RESIGNATION

Mediamax
Armenian Independent News Agency

May 11 2006

ALERT! Armenian parliamentary speaker Artur Baghdassarian decided
to resign and his Orinats Yerkir Party will leave the ruling
coalition-11.05.06

Yerevan, May 11. /Mediamax/. Armenian National Assembly speaker Artur
Baghdassarian decided to resign and his Orinats Yerkir Party will
leave the ruling coalition.

Member of Orinats Yerkir parliamentary faction Hovhannes Margarian
said this a few minutes ago on the air of the Shant TV channel,
Mediamax reports. The MP said that the decision on the speaker’s
resignation and leaving the ruling coalition was taken this evening
at the enlarged session of the Orinats Yerkir Political Board.

Hovhannes Margarian said that Artur Baghdassarian will officially
announce about his resignation at a news conference tomorrow at 14:00.

Orinats Yerkir, Republican Party of Armenia and Dashnaktsutyun
Party signed a memorandum on creating a coalition after the 2003
parliamentary elections.