IMPRESSIVE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN
Lilit Poghosyan

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
30 Sep 2008
Armenia

Yesterday, the National Assembly started its regular four-day session.

Considering Tigran Torosyan’s resignation accepted, the Parliament
initiated discussions for the election of a new Speaker, under the
leadership of Vice Speaker Hrayr Karapetyan.

Before passing on to the main subject of our material, let’s note
that Tigran Torosyan also participated in the session, already in the
status of an independent MP. However, after the person presiding over
the session announced the start of the voting, the ex-Speaker left
the hall and never returned. Neither did he participate in the voting.

Karen Karapetyan, leader of the Republican faction, proposed Hovik
Abrahamyan as the united candidate of the coalition.

Thereafter, "Heritage" faction, in the person of Armen Martirosyan,
proposed Larisa Alaverdyan’s candidacy as an alternative.

This imparted a noticeable liveliness and even certain acuteness to
the process. As to the results, they are quite impressive. Of the
115 MPs participating in the voting, 110 cast their vote in favor of
Hovik Abrahamyan.

Newly elected Speaker H. Abrahamyan promised "to create an atmosphere
of mutual respect, tolerance and partnership for ensuring the
normal and effective work of the Parliament. I believe all of you
will agree that representing the country’s20top legislative body and
especially, ensuring its normal work requires specific human qualities:
determination to take bold decisions, as well as ability and will to
make mutual concessions.

The coordination of the activities of the legislative body also
requires very plain and open personal contacts and certainly,
political experience."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress