June 7, 2007 - 15:29 AMT
RA President congratulated Tigran Torosyan on election as Speaker of Armenian Parliament
Armenian President Robert Kocharian congratulated Tigran Torosyan on the election as the Speaker of the 4th convocation Armenian Parliament, the Presidential Press Office reports. R. Kocharian's congratulatory message, in particular reads as follows, "I am sure that your knowledge and experience will serve for further deepening of the reform process in Armenia and the progress in the country. I wish you effective work for the sake of the Republic of Armenia".

Today Tigran Torosyan was elected as the Speaker of the 4th convocation National Assembly of Armenia. In the result of the secret vote held on Thursday in the parliament 112 deputies voted for and 2 MPs voted against Torosyan's candidacy with no abstainers. Torosyan was the only candidate for the post of RA NA Speaker. The Republican Party of Armenia offered his candidacy during the first session of the newly elected parliament.