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Armenian Parliament Speaker Goes into Opposition
12.05.2006 15:04 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Chairman of the Armenian National
Assembly, head of Orinats Yerkir party Artur
Baghdassaryan is going into opposition. `We become
opposition but with our own approaches. We have our
own ways of struggle,’ he said at a press conference
May 12 when commenting on the recent developments. To
note, May 11 evening the political council of Orinats
Yerkir party headed by Artur Baghdassaryan came to a
decision to come off the ruling coalition. The
coalition was formed June 11, 2003 soon after the
parliamentary election held on May 25, 2003. An
appropriate memorandum was signed by Armenian
President Robert Kocharian, the Republican Party of
Armenia (headed by Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan),
Orinats Yerkir party and the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation Dashnaktsutyun. Orinats Yerkir party holds
three ministerial portfolios in the Armenian
government, reported IA Regnum.