CREATION OF NEW DEPUTY GROUP BY DEPUTIES WHO LEFT ORINATS YERKIR FACTION BECOMES QUITE POSSIBLE
Noyan Tapan
May 17 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Following the Orinats Yerkir Party’s
(OYP) statement about its witdrawal from the political coalition, and
the OYP Cairman Artur Baghdasarian’s statement about his resignation
from the post of the National Assembly Speaker, unofficial negotiations
around future vacancies are underway in the parliament. Besides OYP,
the opposition factions Justice and National Unity are not taking
part in these negotiations. The negotiating sides avoid providing any
information, advising to wait until the NA Speaker officially sends in
his resignation and the process to follow. However, one can predict
even now that as a result of the recent OYP-related developments,
some rearangements are expected in the parliament. Particularly,
the creation of a new deputy group by the deputies, who have left the
Orinats Yerkir faction, becomes quite possible. According to the NA
regulations, a deputy group may be created by at least 10 deputies who
must submit to the NA Speaker a statement on creation of such a group.