January 14, 2019 - 10:34 AMT
New Armenian parliament starts work in Yerevan

The seventh convocation National Assembly started its work in Yerevan, Armenia on Monday, January 14.

My Step alliance led by acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan secured a convincing victory in the December 9 parliamentary elections, with 70.43% of all the ballots cast in their favor. Two more parties - Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia - also collected enough votes to have seats in the National Assembly. They won 8.27% and 6.37% of the vote, respectively.

The parliament is set to elect a new president, three vice-presidents, as well as create the standing committees and chose leaders for them.

Also, the newly elected lawmakers will discuss the approval of the government program.