CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION REGISTERS "OYP" MEMBER STEPAN ASLANIAN AS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY BY PROPORTIONAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM

Noyan Tapan

Au g 5, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 5, NOYAN TAPAN. At the August 5 sitting, the RA Central
Electoral Commission (CEC) registered Stepan Aslanian – member of
"Orinats Yerkir" Party (OYP), chairman of "Armenian Union of Persons
Engaged in Small Business" NGO – as National Assembly deputy from
the electoral list of OYP by the proportional electoral system. The
grounds for making this decision was the July 29 protocol of the
NA on terminating the deputy powers of Artashes Avoyan who had been
appointed the Head of the Staff of the RA National Security Council. It
is noteworthy that this is the fourth change in the composition of
the 8-member "OY" parliamentary faction in the past three months,
which was conditioned by the fact that some members of the faction
were given jobs in other state structures.

The CEC also approved the schedule of major measures on preparation
and holding of elections to local self-government bodies in Armenian
marzes (regions) in October.