CHAIRMAN OF RA NA STANDING COMMITTEE ARMEN ASHOTIAN TO BE APPOINTED MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
Noyan Tapan
May 12, 2009
YEREVAN, MAY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. By the May 11 decision of the RPA
Executive Body, the candidature of Armen Ashotian, a RPA member,
the Chairman of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education,
Culture, Youth and Sport Affairs, was nominated to the post of Minister
of Science and Education.
As a result, A. Ashotian ahead of schedule will stop his deputy powers,
therefore, not only the deputy mandate, but also the post of the above
mentioned NA Committee’s Chairman will become vacant. He was elected
deputy by the proportional electoral system, by the RPA electoral roll,
therefore, the vacant mandate, according to the Electoral Code, will
be given to the next number on the electoral roll. As to the elected
post of Standing Committee’s Chairman, the right of nominating a
candidate will be reserved for RPA, but the issue of candidate has
not been clarified yet.
The issue of appointments on the vacant posts of Ministers of
Agriculture and Labor and Social issues has not been clarified,
either, for the present.
It should be mentioned that the above mentioned posts are vacant
due to ARFD Ministers’ resignations that was conditioned by ARFD’s
decision to come out of the political coalition.