RA PRESIDENT’S SPOKESMAN DENIES REPORTS ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF A NEW PRIME MINISTER
AZG Armenian Daily
27/03/2007
Spokesman of the President of Armenia Robert Kocharian denied media
reports claiming that defense minister Serge Sarkisian was appointed
Prime Minister instead of diseased Andranik Margarian, who had held
the office for 7 years. The spokesman, Victor Soghomonian, said these
rumors are not consistent with reality.
An earlier statement by Kocharian’s press office said the Government
resigned to meet Article 55 of the Armenian constitution under which
the governing cabinet shall step down in case the post of prime
minister becomes vacant. President Kocharian ordered all Cabinet
ministers to continue to fulfill their duties until a new government
is formed.
According to the amended Constitution of Armenia, the head of the
state has to name a new Prime Minister, backed by the majority of
Parliament deputies, within the next ten days, who has to form a new
government within 20 days.