Former Vice Speaker of RA parliament: Ministers from ARF Dashnaksutyun
Party withdrew from their portfolios voluntarily

2008-05-29 15:33:00

ArmInfo. "The ministers from the ARF Dashnaksutyun Party withdrew their
portfolios voluntarily, nobody forced them to do this", Chairman of the
ARFD faction, member of the ARFD Bureau Vahan Hovhannisyan said at a
press-conference at the international press-center "New Armenia",
Thursday.

According to him, Armenian Minister of Agriculture David Lokyan,
Armenian Minister of Education and Science Levon Lazarian and Armenian
Minister of Labour and Social Issues Aghvan Vardanyan laid down their
duties as the work in government didn’t allow them to develop their
political activity. "The ministers couldn’t be responsible for the
party and the government simultaneously. They worked within the frames
of the executive body, which didn’t allow them to expand their activity
in the political field", Hovhannisyan stressed. He added that their
posts will be held by "young and smart personnel". "Discussions
concerning the new ministers are currently being held. This issue will
be settled at the end of the current week", he said. The MP didn’t rule
out that people, which are not ARFD members, may be appointed
ministers. "However, first and foremost, we are considering the
nominees of our party members", Hovhannisyan said.