Hrayr Karapetian From Arf Dashnaktsutiun Elected NA Vice Speaker

HRAYR KARAPETIAN FROM ARF DASHNAKTSUTIUN ELECTED NA VICE SPEAKER

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 20, 2008

YEREVAN, MAY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly elected Hrayr
Karapetian from the ARF Dashnaktsutiun as Vice Speaker of the National
Assembly by secret ballot on May 20. According to Samvel Nikoyan, the
Chairman of the Ad Hoc Counting Committee, 101 out of 131 MPs took
part in the ballot. There were 100 ballot-papers in the ballot-box,
2 out of which were invalidated. 97 MPs voted for Hrayr Karapetian
and one MP voted against.

The newly-elect Vice Speaker of the National Assembly thanked for the
vote of confidence. "It obliges me more to use all of my capacities
in the interest of the NA proceedings, in favour of our homeland,"
Hrayr Karapetian declared from the NA rostrum.

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