RPA MEMBER SAMVEL NIKOYAN ELECTED NA VICE-SPEAKER

Noyan Tapan
May 18, 2009

YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 18, the RA National Assembly
by secret ballot elected RPA faction Secretary Samvel Nikoyan as
parliament Vice-Speaker. He replaced ARFD member Hrayr Karapetian on
that post.

According to RPA member Gagik Melikian, the Chairman of the NA Ad
hoc Calculation Commission, 108 of 131 NA deputies took part in voting.

104 deputies voted for S. Nikoyan, 3 deputies voted against. One
ballot-paper was invalidated.