The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) member Ashot Minasyan (nicknamed Ashot the Iron) may be appointed to the post of Armenian chief military commissar after Sergey Chalyan’s dismissal, Zhoghovurd daily reports.

Minasyan even stated earlier, that his possible appointment had been approved by President Serzh Sargsyan.

However, in conversation with the paper’s reporter he denied the rumors.