Leader of Bright Armenia Party Edmon Marukyan has been elected First Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, one of the major committees of the PACE. This is what Edmon Marukyan wrote on his Facebook page.

The Facebook post particularly reads as follows:

“Good news from the PACE

Today I was elected First Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, one of the major committees of the PACE. The chairperson of the Committee has 3 deputies.

I was nominated by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE). The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights consists of 91 members who represent the national parliaments of 47 Council of Europe member states. The Committee has 3 sub-committees.”