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    Emil Lazarian
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President-elect Sarkissian to be sworn into office April 9

| 14:57 | March 2 2018
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Politics

President-elect Armen Sarkissian will be sworn into office on April 9 at a special session in the parliament of Armenia, Speaker Ara Babloyan said after the election results were announced.

“The President of Armenia will take office at a special session of the National Assembly, which will be convened on the last day of the incumbent president’s term. Therefore, the special session will be convened April 9,” Babloyan said. Vice Speaker Arpine Hovhannisyan said when the incumbent president’s term ends and the president-elect will take office, the government will resign.

Armen Sarkissian was elected by the Parliament of Armenia on March 2. 90 lawmakers voted in favor, while 10 voted against his candidacy. Armen Sarkissian is of no relation to incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS